Merseyside Police Commissioner

🟠 #16Days Day 6️⃣ Liverpool City Council We're sharing an update from Liverpool City Council's Cabinet Member for Safer Stronger Communities, Laura Robertson-Collins on the vital work they're doing to tackle VAWG and raise awareness across our city including 👇 📜 launched a Domestic Abuse strategy 🏫 educational training for up to 70 schools on sexual harassment and misogyny 👮♂️ increased police presence on the transport network Find out more about what Liverpool City Council are doing to tackle VAWG ⬇ VAWG Strategy | https://ow.ly/XvMh50Ui6Et Blog | https://ow.ly/spTi50Ui6Eu

My last Advice Surgery of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ is taking place next month - come and share your views and feedback with me on policing and community safety 💬 💻Virtual 📅 6-8pm on 11th December Book an appointment today 👇 📞0151 777 5155 📨 info@merseysidepcc.info

🟠 #16Days Day 5️⃣ Multi-Agency Child Criminal and Sexual Exploitation (MACCSE) team… Bringing partners together to safeguard victims and purse offenders. What do they do ❓ 🚨 disrupt and pursue those who exploit children 🚨 take charge of investigations 🚨 collaborate with other investigation units 🚨 support safeguarding Find out more about this work ⬇ https://ow.ly/rRGo50Ui3jP

Criminal gangs don’t think twice about exploiting the vulnerable to get what they want. These callous individuals groom children to deal drugs & engage in other criminal activities, bribing them with gifts & promises that never materialise. 👀Eyes Open is an important campaign helping parents, carers, teachers, & youth workers, spot the signs of exploitation and #countylines It’s this awareness that will help to protect those most at risk.

🟠 #16Days Day 4️⃣ SAVERA UK work to tackle Harmful Practices. ‘Honour ’-based abuse remains an issue in #Merseyside, despite the latest statistics showing a decrease in HBA-related offences reported by police. Afrah Qassim, Founder and CEO of Savera UK, said: “Despite the decrease in reports revealed in the latest data, we know that what is reported and even what we see on the frontline is only the tip of the iceberg. "We are fortunate to work in partnership with Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner and welcome her commitment to improving responses locally, as well as contributing to our mission to end HBA and harmful practices for good." You can read about the latest Home Office data on HBA and what that means for Merseyside on the Savera UK website here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eTK7hvHA

Officers will be out in force across the next few weeks, in our city, town centres and neighbourhoods, with increased patrols to deter those callous individuals from spoiling the festive fun, while also providing reassurance and advice for anybody who needs it. They'll be working around the clock, offering crime prevention advice & high visibility activity, to make sure everyone can enjoy the season safely. I would ask that you help the police; stay alert, be extra vigilant and look out for one another so we can all enjoy what should be a magical time of year for everybody across Merseyside. 🎅🎄

Listening to the voices of students across Merseyside 🗣 Today I joined representatives from LJMU and Hope University students’ unions with Head of Protecting Vulnerable People Unit Ch. Supt Paul Lamb to sit down and discuss their concerns around Violence against Women and Girls. This is part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring women’s voices are at the centre of this work and follows on from the discussions we had with the students at the launch of our #TakingAction campaign. During this roundtable we were able to discuss the issues that students are experiencing around safety and answer their questions on what Merseyside Police are doing to tackle it. It was a really informative discussion to hear what gaps there are and how we can better prevent and protect students as well as raise awareness on how they can report to the police 🚨 Merseyside Police | Liverpool John Moores University Students' Union | Liverpool Hope Students' Union

🟠 #16Days Day 3️⃣ the work of the Strategic Domestic Violence Advisory Group (SDVAG)... Bringing partners together to break the cycle of abuse and provide a safer #Merseyside for everyone. This includes ⬇ 💕providing support to victim-survivors 📚supporting education & prevention programmes 👨⚕️ collaborating with partner agencies 📉 conducting research to understand the patterns and causes of DA Find out more about what this working group have achieved so far 👇 https://ow.ly/qlZP50UgFqc Merseyside Police

Your questions answered ❓… Today, I’ll be answering your questions on BBC Radio Merseyside on the issues that matter most to you. I’ll also be discussing the work so far to tackle Violence against Women and Girls across our region and the activity taking place during the 16 Days of Activism. Don't miss it ➡⏰ 12-1pm

🟠 16 Days Day 2️⃣ #TakingAction Back in September the Chief Constable and I pledged our 100% commitment to ending Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) as we launched a hard-hitting campaign recognising the fears and concerns of women and girls in our region. The Taking Action campaign focuses on putting the voices of women and girls at the 🧡 of the work to tackle VAWG. The 1️⃣st phase focused on some of the key initiatives and steps which have been introduced by Merseyside Police to change these statistics and make women and girls feel safer across our region, these included 👇 🚨 new measures to target perpetrators 🚨 improved reporting mechanisms 👮♂️ dedicated teams to investigate crimes & support victims 👮♀️ extra officers to provide reassurance Read more ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eJ483JYr