NSW Police has today launched a powerful new video campaign to raise public awareness about the issue of domestic and family violence.
“It’s not your fault” is the theme of the campaign.
In NSW, police respond to more than 140,000 incidents of domestic and family violence per year. This translates to almost 380 cases every day.
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Today’s launch coincides with a state-wide roll-out of a new process for targeting repeat domestic-violence offenders.
For over a decade, NSW Police has used a process called the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) to deal with high-risk and repeat offenders.
“The STMP model will ensure the state’s most serious domestic-violence offenders face the highest level of scrutiny by police, and allow us to intervene before they commit their next offence,” NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
“This renewed focus on offender accountability is part of our ongoing commitment to providing the utmost level of support to the victims of domestic and family violence.
“We have made other significant headway. For example, in a world first, NSW police can now record domestic violence video evidence at the time of an incident, which relieves the victim of the emotional burden of giving evidence in court.
“But a problem of this magnitude won’t go away in a hurry. We still have much more work to do, and that includes raising public awareness about the issue through campaigns like the one we are launching today,” he said.
The aim of the campaign is to remind people there is no excuse for domestic and family violence, and it is never the victim’s fault.
“Domestic violence is a serious crime and police are committed to bringing offenders to justice,” Commissioner Scipione said.
“Every day police battle the community perception that domestic violence is a ‘family matter’ or ‘private business’.
“That is most definitely not the case. If you are aware this is occurring in your community, you are obliged to report it, like any other crime.
Police are urging anyone with information about domestic-violence crimes to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence.
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