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Met Police vow to stop violence against women and girls by 'tracking every suspect in London'

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Vincent
Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
The V100 initiative is now being used to identify and target the people in London who pose most risk. This uses data analytics based off existing police data from victim crime reports, alongside the Cambridge Crime Harm Index, which helps the police measure the severity of harm to victims

Using the V100 initiative allows officers to priorities police interventions, the Met Police claim. One example comes after Marcelino Goncalves, 55, from Acton, was highlighted as a high-harm offender and prolific abuser.

He was later convicted for rape, assault by beating, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, stalking and controlling coercive behaviour. The victim told police she'd faced years of abuse from Goncalves, including threatening her, burning her with a cigarette and punching her in the face.

Commander Ben Russell, who leads on V100 for the Met said: “Violence against women and girls is totally unacceptable and the Met is determined to stop predators and bring them to justice.

“We’re using data to identify the most predatory offenders in London who pose the greatest threat to women and girls where evidence shows a disproportionate amount of crime is committed by a comparatively small number of people in society.

“The results show our approach is working in targeting the most dangerous suspects. I am proud of the progress we are making in using innovative, precise techniques to take dangerous offenders off the streets of London and we will ensure the most harmful will be brought to justice. “

The V100 approach works by taking the names of suspects provided by victims and witnesses and uses the Cambridge Crime Harm Index to rank them in order, to give priority to those causing the greatest harm to women and girls, Professor Lawrence Sherman, the Met's chief scientific officer explained. He said: “We are the first police service to use this targeting method to tackle this issue, which highlights the power of systematic tracking of every suspect in London.”

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