Domestic abuse charity welcomes Raneem’s Law pilot
Raneem's Law will see domestic abuse specialists work in emergency control rooms in five forces.
A domestic abuse charity that operates in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Devon is backing government plans to put a domestic abuse and rape specialist in 999 control rooms.
'Raneem's Law' is being piloted in five areas following the murder of a woman who was killed along with her mother, by her ex-partner, despite them making numerous emergency calls to police.
Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem were stabbed to death in August 2018.
She had made 14 calls to 999 in the months leading to her death, reporting domestic abuse, threats to kill and stalking by Janbaz Tarin.
5 police forces in England are trialling the scheme aimed at improving and strengthening the police response to victims of domestic abuse.
Debbie Beadle, CEO of Fear Free said the move is a “Step in the right direction”.
“Victims are often telling us that often police aren’t necessarily aware or trained to understand domestic abuse and they’re maybe not being taken seriously.
“Having someone at that front line response could really impact kind of in the end the prosecutions that we have”