Violent crime against women gets the same status as terrorist attacks
Violence against women and girls will be elevated to the same status as terrorism under a proposed government directive, The Times has learnt.
Chief constables will be mandated to increase resources and combine capabilities in a drastic effort to drive up rape convictions, which have reached historically low levels.
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Violence against women and girls is set to be added to the strategic policing requirement, meaning that police will be required by government to treat it as a major priority. It is an acknowledgement by ministers that there is an epidemic of violence against women that needs to be one of the most urgent national crimefighting priorities.
There has been a national outcry about the response to levels of violence against women since the Metropolitan Police