Tue 9 Mar 2021 01.00 EST
Domestic abuse offenders who have served a prison sentence will be tagged with a GPS tracking device in London under new a pilot project.
Up to 200 perpetrators of abuse-related offences, such as stalking, harassment, physical abuse, sexual abuse and coercive control will be fitted with the devices from Tuesday as part of their release conditions.
The pilot, which is running across every London borough as part of a programme announced by the London mayor’s office, has been launched in collaboration with probation services after consultation with the Violence Against Women and Girls initiative.
“In London we’ve already pioneered the use of GPS tagging for knife crime offenders, and demonstrated that it can help to prevent reoffending, drive down violence, and protect victims,” said Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London.
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Violence Reduction Unit report highlights ongoing work to prevent crime Date published: 08 March 2021
The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) was launched in October 2019
More than £5m has been invested in Community Safety Partnerships and community pilot schemes to tackle and prevent violent crime from happening across Greater Manchester, an annual report has highlighted.
The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) was launched in October 2019 and brings together Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the National Probation Service as well as health, education and youth justice services and the VCSE sector to address the underlying causes of violent crime and to work together to prevent it.
A CONSULTATION has been launched to find out how covid-19 has affected the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in Wrexham and Flintshire. The consultation, on Your Voice Wrexham, will inform the work of Wrexham and Flintshire’s Public Service Boards. A spokesman said: Public Service Boards are a partnership of organisations that help provide public services. They include the council, the health board, the fire and rescue service, Natural Resources Wales, the Police, The National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Company, Public Health Wales, Coleg Cambria, A.V.O.W, and Welsh Government. This consultation s aim is to find out how the Covid Pandemic has affected young people over this past year and what support is needed.
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