Sophie Francis-Cansfield, Head of Policy at Women\u2019s Aid, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLast week, the Government launched the pilot of Raneem\u2019s Law, embedding domestic abuse specialists in the 999 control rooms of five forces across the country, with the aim of improving police responses to domestic abuse. While the role out of this pilot is a positive improvement, domestic abuse specialists must be included at all stages of police response, including the investigation process, to ensure that survivors are protected and perpetrators are held to account.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Aid are pleased to see that alongside the pilot, the Government are providing \u00a32.2 million in funding for Raneem\u2019s Law and an additional \u00a313 million to establish a national policing centre for England and Wales, but funding commitments need to be made to the specialist domestic abuse services that support survivors and not just to policing.<\/p>\n In order for the Government to fulfil their pledge to halve violence against women and girls over the next 10 years, there needs to be a whole-system response, which as the National Police Chief’s Council have recognised, should go further than the criminal justice system alone. As the pilots expands, we need to see police working with their local service to ensure the best support can be accessed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women\u2019s Aid respond to the pilot launch of Raneem\u2019s Law Sophie Francis-Cansfield, Head of Policy at Women\u2019s Aid, said: \u201cLast week, the Government launched the pilot of Raneem\u2019s Law, embedding domestic abuse specialists in the 999 control rooms of five forces across the country, with the aim of improving police responses to domestic abuse. While […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1464,"featured_media":47359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n