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Lack of victim support undermining efforts to stamp out slavery – report
A report found an inconsistent approach to victims undermines their trust and jeopardises investigations (Paul Faith/PA)
Failure by police officers to properly support victims of modern slavery is undermining efforts to prosecute perpetrators, a recent investigation has found.
A report by three policing bodies in response to a complaint by survivors charity Hestia revealed that an inconsistent approach to victims undermines their trust and often jeopardises investigations.
In its “super complaint” Hestia accused police forces in England and Wales of failing to train non-specialist officers to recognise modern slavery, and also in their duty to report it to the Home Office.
More than 4,000 crimes in the police force area covering Powys are going unrecorded each year, the police inspectorate has said. HMICFRS found that Dyfed-Powys Police is only recording 87.6 per cent of all reported crime – with its performance for violent crime only 85.4 per cent. The inspectorate warned that some crimes involving domestic abuse or vulnerable victims were among those going unrecorded, and that on average 4,400 crimes of all types are going unrecorded each year. The inspectorate also said that after a follow-up inspection to a 2018 finding that Dyfed-Powys Police was too often failing to record reported crimes, the force had failed to make the expected improvements .
Police generally responded well to exceptional circumstances of pandemic - HMICFRS Date published: 20 April 2021
HMICFRS found that during the first lockdown the demand on policing changed
Overall the police service responded well to the challenge of policing the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published today (Tuesday) has said.
Based on an inspection of policing between March and November 2020, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) said that although there were some inconsistencies, in general police forces took immediate and decisive action to respond to the extreme circumstances of the pandemic.
HMICFRS found that during the first lockdown the demand on policing changed.
Police targeting of black and minority ethnic groups feeds perceptions about crime says watchdog walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.