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police stations can be used for up to three days after an incident. ben will finn, bbc spotlight, exeter. deputy constable jason harwin joins me now. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. there was criticism to some degree of the way these crimes are reported and the way they are treated sometimes by police. do you think there can be a change in culture to help victims feel more confident about coming forward? i think that culture change is already taking place. we recognised in september last year, the increase in reported crimes in relation to spiking. since our research has highlighted the problems in the report already. we want the victim to come forward in confidence because it is a serious crime, it has a massive impact on an individual and society. what do you think police individual and society. what do you think police can individual and society. what do you think police can do individual and society. what do you think police can do to
many, which means the crime remains unreported. in the report, mps say venues with bad spiking records should phase the threat of losing their licenses. the report s recommendations also include making spiking a specific criminal offence. and mps want better data collection so there s more information about the scale of the problem. campaigners from across the country have been part of a national conversation about what could be done to tackle drink spiking. ben will flynn has been speaking to two women from the southwest who ve been giving evidence to mps. it was always me educating them, and never crossed my mind i would be a victim.