Police 'failing' domestic violence victims
Thousands of domestic violence victims are being failed by police forces across England and Wales due to "alarming and unacceptable weaknesses" in the way cases are investigated, inspectors have found.
Four police forces 'failing domestic abuse victims'
Just eight of 43 police forces responded well to domestic abuse and the most vulnerable victims faced a "lottery" in the way their complaints were handled, inspectors said.
The forces singled out by inspectors as being of particularly serious concern were:
- Greater Manchester
- Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Gloucestershire
Lancashire Police was hailed as having the best response to domestic abuse.
Among the forces found to be of serious concern, Bedfordshire had one officer working in its domestic violence unit, and in a case in Greater Manchester, the 13-year-old daughter of a victim was asked to act as a language interpreter for officers investigating allegations against her father.
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