Outcome
The outcome we want is for all victim survivors to feel confident in the police response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
With a strong reputation for providing a trauma-aware response, victim survivors will trust that when they report family violence, sexual offences or child abuse to Victoria Police, they will be heard and supported.
Our approach will be strengthened by collaborating with our sector partners, victim survivors and advocates from priority communities.
We will continue to work with all victim survivors and those that are particularly vulnerable, including children and young people, Aboriginal people, people from LGBTIQA+ communities, people from multicultural and multifaith communities, seniors, and people with disability or living with mental illness.
Achieved through
We will achieve this outcome as we:
Implement reforms to our family violence, sexual offence and child abuse policies and procedures
Victoria Police will be at the forefront of innovation and continuous improvement to best serve the Victorian community.
Tailor partnerships with priority communities
Victoria Police will earn the trust of our diverse communities by building cultural understanding and capability in our response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse. We acknowledge that under reporting can occur in diverse communities and will continue to focus on building confidence to report.
Develop a strategic framework for stakeholder partnerships
Victoria Police will continue to work in partnership across government, services and communities, recognising our unique roles and common purpose in delivering safety for victim survivors and holding perpetrators to account.
Initiatives
Flagship initiatives under this domain:
Partner to improve responses to victim survivors from priority communities
We will build clear pathways for people with lived experience and advocates to inform our responses to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Engagement with priority communities, as well as victim survivor feedback, will provide a deeper understanding of the quality of our responses and highlight areas for improvement.
We will continue to collaborate in the Dhelk Dja Partnership Forum and Police and Aboriginal Community Protocols Against Family Violence groups to learn from our Aboriginal communities.
Engagement in representative advisory groups, consultation with sector partners, lived experience and community expertise will drive our response models, policies, practice and training.
Strengthen police identification of the predominant aggressor
Victoria Police will continue to deliver our program of work to reduce and rectify misidentification of the predominant aggressor in family violence cases.
This includes developing further guidance to support our police to accurately identify the predominant aggressor, strengthening how we work with other agencies when misidentification is raised, and establishing and clarifying rectification actions when misidentification is determined.
We will also review our platforms for opportunities to address misidentification in our records and implement training to improve police understanding.
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