Police sign up for family violence vow

POLICE COMMITMENT TO PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN

* Police will take positive action - protecting the safety of everyone, regardless of their age, gender, religious, cultural or social beliefs, for a community that is free from violence.

* Police will work to deter the crime of family violence - using their specialist skills, abilities and technology.

* Police will lead sustainable change - by challenging and changing behaviours and attitudes, particularly of men, to never tolerate any offending in their family, their neighbourhood, or the wider community environment.

* Police will work in partnership with others - including law enforcement agencies, government, community and business groups to recognise that family violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault crosses all ages, races and cultures, socioeconomic and demographic barriers.

* Police will provide holistic services and support - prioritising the needs of victims and survivors of family violence to achieve fair and just outcomes, and to ensure the safety and long term well-being of women and children.

* Police will receive specialised training - ensuring that all front-line officers and specialist investigators have the best levels of appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities when responding to family violence.

SOURCE: Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency