Victoria Police aims to consistently deliver high quality responses to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse, within a sector-wide approach, to enhance community safety.
Our goal will take ongoing, sustained effort and leadership to achieve.
The actions we take under Safe from Harm will help us work towards this goal.
How are we going to get there?
Safe from Harm reflects our commitment to:
Highly visible and responsive policing
Skilled people, ready and able to respond
Strong partnerships across community, government, and business
The initiatives that we will progress under Safe from Harm are aligned to these core pillars across four domains:
- Victim survivors
- Perpetrators
- Children and young people
- Our people.
The specific actions we undertake will be driven by our Outcomes Framework, a best practice approach that directs our efforts towards improving outcomes in the short, medium and long term.
We will undertake yearly planning to map our activities and initiatives, ensuring we are progressing the right actions to work towards our goal. These actions will be driven by emerging evidence, insights and community need.
The flagship initiatives outlined under each domain provides a snapshot of some of the actions we are committed to progressing under Safe from Harm.
Domains
- Victim survivors
- Perpetrators
- Children and young people
- Our people.
Outcomes
Short-term
- Greater community trust in the quality of police responses to these themes
- Victim survivors from priority communities have increased trust in police
- Police consistently operationalise improved processes and procedures
- Police responses are enhanced through improved collaboration
- Leaders value and consistently demonstrate support for the effective policing of these themes
- Capability to respond to these crimes is strengthened across the organisation
- Enhanced capacity to provide a quality response.
Medium-term
- Reporting rates of family violence, sexual offences and child abuse better reflect prevalence rates
- Police responses are informed by evidence, innovation, and trauma-aware policing approaches
- Police are better equipped to identify and respond to risks to children
- Sector-wide systems and processes enable an integrated response
- Leaders prioritise and resource high quality responses to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Long-term
Victim survivors
All victims survivors feel confident in the police response to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Perpetrators
Perpetrators are consistently held to account through effective prevention, detection and disruption.
Children and young people
Police provide a consistent and effective response to child safety within a sector-wide approach.
Our people
All police have the capacity and capability to effectively respond to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.
Victoria Police consistently delivers high quality responses to enhance community safety.
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