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.
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15 March 2021
Following a meeting of the Criminal Justice Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, the Government is taking immediate steps to provide further reassurance for women and girls.
This includes doubling the size of the Safer Streets fund, which provides neighbourhood measures such as better lighting and CCTV. This will bring the funding for these local projects to £45million, alongside a commitment from the Government to work with police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure these target areas of potential concern for women and girls and are now more focussed on preventing sexual violence.
This could include targeting parks and alleyways, and routes from bars, restaurants and nightclubs as we see a return to the night-time economy, in line with the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.
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