Safe spaces for DFV victims in every Queensland police station

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By Fraser Barton

May 8, 2024 — 9.26am

Victim-survivors of home and household unit volition person entree to harmless spaces successful each constabulary presumption crossed Queensland, arsenic constabulary perpetrate to victim-centric and trauma-informed practices.

These are private, designated and unafraid areas wrong stations for each assemblage members to sermon DFV and different traumatic matters.

Police subject came into crisp absorption during the caller committee of inquiry.

The Assistant Commissioner of the DFV and Vulnerable Persons Command, Christopher Jory, said the areas volition springiness DFV victim-survivors much comfortableness and enactment successful reporting their acquisition to police.

“The instauration of private, harmless and unafraid spaces successful each Queensland constabulary presumption marks a important milestone successful our committedness to providing compassionate and effectual enactment to DFV victim-survivors,” helium said.

“By prioritising their wellbeing and providing a harmless and welcoming environment, we empower survivors to travel guardant and question the assistance and enactment they request to interruption the rhythm of maltreatment and find safety.”

Newly sworn-in Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has cited home and household unit reforms arsenic a cardinal precedence of his tenure astatine the helm.

“That is perfectly captious and volition stay arsenic a precedence for myself arsenic the Commissioner and for our organisation,” Gollschewski said erstwhile announced arsenic the caller apical bull successful April.

The Queensland Police Service deals with astir 140,000 calls for home and household unit work per twelvemonth and is tracking towards 190,000 successful 2024.

A caller Queensland transgression study showed breach of home unit orders person accrued by 27.2 per cent from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023.

Over a nine-year period, breach of home unit orders person drastically accrued by 255.2 per since 2013-2014, which constabulary said was owed to accrued reporting.

“It is an tremendous situation for the organisation and we indispensable bash more,” Gollschewski said.

“And I’m committed to seeing that we person amended systems, amended legislation, that means that we person safer victims and much effectual police.”

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