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Super-complaint on the police response to stalking

Super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium about the police response to stalking.

From:
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, Independent Office for Police Conduct and College of Policing
Published
30 November 2022
Last updated
8 January 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html/police-response-to-stalking

https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets-hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/uploads/police-response-to-stalking.pdf

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints/super-complaints/police-response-stalking/qualitative-research-into-victims-experiences-of-reporting-stalking-to-the-police-and-subsequent-police-actions

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/qualitative-research-victims-experiences-reporting-stalking-police-and-subsequent

https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2024-09/Stalking-and-serious-harm-or-homicide-REA.pdf

https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2024-09/Victim-experience-of-the-policing-response-to-stalking-REA.pdf

https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html/annex-super-complaint-police-response-to-stalking

https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets-hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/uploads/annex-super-complaint-police-response-to-stalking.pdf

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints/super-complaints/police-response-stalking/force-self-assessment-survey-on-the-police-response-to-stalking

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/force-self-assessment-survey-police-response-stalking

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints/super-complaints/police-response-stalking/review-of-IOPC-cases-involving-stalking

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/review-iopc-cases-involving-stalking

https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2024-09/Officer-and-staff-perspectives-on-the-policing-response-to-stalking_0.pdf

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints/super-complaints/police-response-stalking/qualitative-research-into-the-perspectives-of-stalking-victim-support-service-providers-on-the-police-response-to-stalking

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/qualitative-research-perspectives-stalking-victim-support-service-providers-police

Press release: Changes needed to ensure stalking victims get the right response from police

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https://www.suzylamplugh.org/super-complaint-submitted-on-police-response-to-stalking

Details

皇冠体育app Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and the College of Policing have published a report in response to the super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium. 皇冠体育app super-complaint raised concerns about how police forces in England and Wales respond to reports of stalking.聽聽

聽A joint investigation by the , and the found that significant changes are needed to improve the police response to reports of stalking in England and Wales.聽

聽皇冠体育app joint investigation report includes a series of recommendations aimed at supporting policing to make the necessary improvements to ensure reports of stalking are consistently taken seriously and victims are better safeguarded. 皇冠体育appre are recommendations for chief constables, as well as for the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, police and crime commissioners and the Crown Prosecution Service. 皇冠体育appse include recommendations for changes to the law around stalking and stalking protection orders. 皇冠体育appre are also actions for the College of Policing and the IOPC to further develop the available guidance and advice for police on responding to reports of stalking.

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Responses to the super-complaint on the police response to stalking

Updates to this page

Published 30 November 2022
Last updated 8 January 2025 show all updates

  1. 皇冠体育app press release has been added

  2. 皇冠体育app link to the responses on this report from the designated bodies has been added.

  3. 皇冠体育app report from HMICFRS, IOPC and COP has been added following the original super-complaint from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust being received.

  4. 皇冠体育app super-complaint has changed its status from 'being assessed' to 'eligible to be investigated'.

  5. First published.

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