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The law, known as a Stalking Protection Order (SPO), aims to give greater protection to victims.
Sussex Police became the first force in the country to enforce an SPO when the law came into effect in January last year.
Since then it has seen 29 court orders used to protect victims, while seven more cases are still awaiting hearings.
DCI Richards said: “These orders, which we seek from magistrates, have been an important development in helping us to better protect victims in stalking cases.
“Subjects can be prohibited from contacting the named person on the order by any means, directly or indirectly. This includes contact in person, telephone calls, letters, emails, messages and social media.
A man who obsessively stalked his wife and “threatened to kill her” has been given Hertfordshire’s first full Stalking Protection Order (SPO). The five-year order, granted at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 8, is also the first of its kind in the country as it was obtained without support from the victim. If the defendant from Watford breaches the terms of the SPO, he will be arrested. “This is really powerful new legislation which gives protection to those who are being stalked obsessively,” said Detective Inspector Fay Tooley from the Domestic Abuse Investigation Safeguarding Unit (DAISU). She added: “These kinds of predatory behaviours can escalate putting many victims’ lives at risk. An SPO goes a long way to protecting victims, whether or not they wish to support a police prosecution.”
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POLICE in Sussex have recorded the highest number of stalking reports for anywhere in the country apart from London. Detective Chief Inspector Mick Richards of the force s Public Protection Command said officers are advising and supporting more victims than ever . It comes after a new law was passed last year which aims to give greater protection for victims of stalking. Sussex Police became the first force in the country to enforce a Stalking Protection Order (SPO) when the law came into effect in January 2020. In the past year there has since been 29 court orders in the county, and seven applications are currently awaiting court hearings.