Maggie Marriott Smart Buoy Co
Managing Director
Recommendation 41 Victoria Police amend the Victoria Police Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence to ensure it provides suitable guidance on identifying family violence primary aggressors [within 12 months]. This includes: procedures for amending [LEAP] when a service provider or a Support and Safety Hub [now known as The Orange Door network] subsequently informs Victoria Police that a person is not the primary aggressor
Hello Oran ge Door (email sent 13/09/2020) Regarding your recommendations, if I had been able to help myself I would not have needed to ask for help from The Orange Door, the police or any other service providers. My husband has been using the police and the courts to carry out his abuse for many many years. I have now secured employment but even that has been compromised by the domestic 'violence' situation. I was not traumatised by the situation until the police and the courts enabled and justified the aggressive actions of my estranged husband - a man I thought I had escaped and have not seen for six years. COVID-19 and my inability to get any help from government services have been a King Hit. It seems to me that in cases of non-physical violence, the Police and the DV services either have no understanding of the Family Law Act or I have been so traumatised that I have been unable to Page 2 of 43 Wednesday 15 May 2024
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