#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint Barriers are victim not recognising they are being DA'd. The AP thinking the DA relationship is preferable to home/parents, disengaged from services, isolated, SEND/ND, thinking its the norm.
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Another great #WeCops discussion. Always good to get the little grey matter working 🧠⚙️

Rural Crime Team @ Dyfed-Powys Police Is this why the rural crime team!! called my social media providers saying my criticism of Dafydd Llywelyn Chief Constable Dr. Richard Lewis & Huw Davies was hate speech? Is there anyone at Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police not rogue or not COLLUDING? #BENTCOPS #WeCops #Welshpolice I'm NOT even in Wales! #ThinBlueLine

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint #wecops Could we simply have no limit? If two people are/we're in an intimate relationship, we treat as a domestic?

Thank you for joining our #WeCops chat on #AdolescentDomesticAbuse and to our brilliant hosts Ruth Weir 💙 & Katy Barrow-Grint
Lots to think about and we hope this chat will inform future policy and practice!

Q1. How are police forces currently dealing with adolescent domestic abuse? What is working well?

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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint Perpetrators are mostly dealt with by Youth Justice Services, and outcomes often do not match the severity of offending i.e CR/diversionary work. Victim/offender support however is enhanced as age brings involvement from schools, social services and Public Protection. #WeCops

Excited booked in for the #wecops conference 💃💃💃

Q2. What are the barriers to supporting victims and those carrying out harmful behaviours when they are under 16 and what can be done about them?

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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint Tell me if I’m wrong but I don’t know if any charity or organisation that highlight DV for younger people? it’s mainly aimed at adults #Wecops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I believe ADA should be treated in the same way as our counter-terrorism strategy so age isn’t limited here really
Prevent = DA + young perps
Pursue = only when necessary (punitive measures)
Protect = victims/survivors
Prepare = education, education, education!
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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I think maybe awareness and understanding plays a huge part and is a huge barrier? Perhaps because parties and relatively young, maybe immature a bit the seriousness and severity is misunderstood and downplayed? #wecops

Welcome to tonight's #WeCops chat with our new logo!
Today we are discussing #AdolescentDomesticAbuse with Ruth Weir 💙 & #WeCops team member Katy Barrow-Grint.
We will drop three questions over the next hour and welcome you getting involved.

Katy Barrow-Grint #WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 #Leicester has a community leaders network we use wats app a lot to engage and spread key msgs about adolescents on a variety of public issues knife crime , DA, CSE , MH etc these networks are great because we share local and national practice Community Leaders Network LLR #leadership

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I’m in two minds. No age limit seems sensible. But 14-16 is a key age where behaviours need to be nipped in the bud before reaching adulthood. A change in legislation could mean more punitive action, protective measures i.e DVPNs and IDVA support #WeCops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I guess my response is what will that bring us that we don't currently have? Probably worth considering but also making the distinction between a 13 year-old and someone much older in a similar situation? Good question tho... #wecops

Sgt Sam Parfett #WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 I agree. But do your colleagues see it as a child protection issue, or youth justice? And what support is out there in terms of young people's IDVA or ISVA? #wecops

🌼*Jules 7of 9🦾🦻*🌼 #WeCops Katy Barrow-Grint We are hosting a conference on this tomorrow and there are a handful of charities doing some work with young people. More details here vision.city.ac.uk/news/upcoming-… #Wecops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 It's a tricky question we've set as the domestic abuse act sets the statutory age for DA as over 16. I'm interested in what forces are doing & which units deal if you have two 15 year olds for example in a relationship with DA.... and which partners are able to support? #wecops