Calls to the police have been growing in quantity and complexity – presenting a problem for forces to sustain with the demand, reply to calls, and examine crimes successfully. Non-urgent domestic abuse calls have been an space of specific concern, with round 3,100 such calls being acquired throughout England and Wales on a mean day.
To clear up this drawback, Kent Police labored with the Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing to create a brand new method to assist victims shortly. Running a trial amongst 517 domestic abuse victims, they launched Rapid Video Response (RVR). With RVR, when a sufferer known as the police and there was no quick menace, the police may provide a video name with a specifically educated officer. The officer may speak to the sufferer, verify on their security, and provides recommendation instantly, utilizing a safe video hyperlink despatched to the sufferer.
The new video response made a considerable distinction. Victims who used RVR received assist in round 3 minutes in contrast to regular response time of round 33 hours. Satisfaction with police response that used RVR was 11% increased in contrast to those that waited for a typical in-particular person go to. Police officers additionally saved time, so they might assist extra individuals. What’s extra, there have been 50% extra arrests through the life of an RVR investigation, in contrast to the standard response group.
As a outcome of this trial, RVR was rolled out throughout 7 police forces within the japanese area, with the Kent Police group additionally briefing India, France, Canada, Australia and the US on the potential advantages of utilizing the know-how. The success of RVR confirmed how science and know-how could make an actual distinction in individuals’s lives, helping victims really feel safer and making police work simpler.
Source: Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser