CPK- Family Harm Flashcards
What is the family harm policy statement?
- FH is high priority
- reducing number and impact is key to Police strategy
- Take every opportunity to prevent harm and reduce offending and victimisation
- Be committed to prompt, effective and consistent approach to FH with other agencies and partners.
How does early intervention help?
- Helps stops and prevent FH with a eyes open approach
Who’s safety is paramount?
- Victims safety and children particularly vulnerable
How does collecting risk information help?
- Enables effective risk management for victims and appropriate action for offenders
Who should be held account?
- Hold the aggressors to account and direct them to programmes to assist them
How does working collaboratively help?
- Provides quality info to give the best support for families in need
When attending situations where firearms maybe present what are 4 things to think about in relation to firearms and what to do?
- Always considers that firearms or other weapon are involved or that offender has access to them
- Check for POs, PSO in place. If PSO license will be suspended. PO license revoked and arms surrendered.
- If any are seized report to commissioner within 3 days
- Speak with victim to see if fit and proper person to hold them
What are 4 actions to consider and take into account when deciding whether to arrest?
- Evidence for FH offences or BOPO suspect should be arrested
- Take care if evidence shows violence by both parties consider self defence
- No formal complaint is needed from victim if other evidence is available. their wishes should be considered
- Nil evidence to K9 consider PSO.
Where a PO has been breached and offender charged can they be given bail?
- Do not released on bail for 24hrs
- unless Court can hear earlier
- Offender is not bailable of right
- Must have okay from Sgt or above to released on Police bail.
What must you consider when opposing Court bail?
- Must met criteria in S8 of Bail Act includes risk to victim
- Protecting the victim is the main consideration
- Conditions should be relevant and reflect victims safety
If you wish to serve a PSO on a person who is on EM Bail therefore not able to remain at the address during the PSO what should you do and consider?
- Follow EM Bailee served with PSO procedure in Bail Chapter
- Consider opposing the continuation of the EM Bail address
A person is not regarded as being in a domestic relationship if they are what?
- Landlord or tenant
- employer or employee
What is an example of a close personal relationship?
- Care/caregiver relationship
- Sex doesn’t mean close personal relationship.
What are 4 things to consider when deciding on a charge?
- Do not minimise the violence
- Charge reflects nature of offending
- Evidential sufficient for the charge
- Continued risk to victim
What things should be consider on deciding to give Police bail to an offender?
- Safety of victim and family
- Support and services for victim
- offender needs cooling off period