FOI 0040-2025/26 Domestic Abuse Training

Request
Q1. Are all your police officers who attend domestic abuse incidents (crime scenes) trained about coercive control?

Q2. What training courses that police officers are mandated to attend is coercive control covered in?

Q3. Pets can be killed, harmed or threatened within domestic abuse and are often barriers for survivors leaving an abusive relationship. Does all of your coercive control training consider this aspect?

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Q1. All Police Officers receive training on domestic abuse and coercive control as part of their initial training.

Q2. Over 1100 officers and staff have attended mandatory Domestic Abuse Matters training which focuses on victim care, barriers to reporting and controlling and coercive behaviour.

Q3. Animal abuse is covered in the risk assessments officers complete at domestic abuse related incidents and referenced as a barrier to ending abusive relationships. Specialist domestic abuse officers utilise animal charities such as Cats Protection League and Dogs Trust to assist with temporary fostering or rehoming of pets where necessary.

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