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As an ex police officer with over 20 years experience, it sickens me to see how the officers back in September 2017 treated Kellie.
So many factors are present in this case to have taken positive action against her partner.
The other distressing aspect is the Risk Assessment that was graded as standard risk. However, why were the warning signs not picked up by the domestic abuse officers post incident. The majority of the answers provided by Kellie should have raised alarm bells and activated some safeguarding measures.
As an ex officer, I think Kellie's Mum is right, some officers (not all) treat domestic violence cases as a pain in the backside job and just want to attend the so called sexier type jobs.
This case just shows that the Police Service has a long way to go before they consistently deal with domestic abuse cases correctly.
Thanks for raising this Sharon.
As an ex police officer with over 20 years experience, it sickens me to see how the officers back in September 2017 treated Kellie.
So many factors are present in this case to have taken positive action against her partner.
The other distressing aspect is the Risk Assessment that was graded as standard risk. However, why were the warning signs not picked up by the domestic abuse officers post incident. The majority of the answers provided by Kellie should have raised alarm bells and activated some safeguarding measures.
As an ex officer, I think Kellie's Mum is right, some officers (not all) treat domestic violence cases as a pain in the backside job and just want to attend the so called sexier type jobs.
This case just shows that the Police Service has a long way to go before they consistently deal with domestic abuse cases correctly.
Jim Nixon
Director of Community Safety
RHE Global
Hello Jim,
Thank you for your comments. I think you are right. Things are very far from perfect.!
Thank you Sharon for all the important work you do to help protect women from domestic violence.