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Safe zones set up in domestic violence crackdown

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Published date08 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
West Yorkshire Police are this week running a week of action, designed to reduce violence against women and girls. They said officers have been deployed across Kirklees to catch suspects as officers from neighbourhood policing teams host safety events

Night marshals are also being put in place in the town centre to provide "reassurance and support to women and girls." As part of the scheme, they are raising awareness of a number of 'safe zones' set up across the city.

On Thursday, crime prevention staff from Kirklees Police were at an event at Asda in Ashbrow to promote the 'safe zones'. There are more than 240 set up across Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Mirfield where training has been provided to help staff give initial support to those who need it.

All of these zones will be marked with a safe zone sticker and staff will receive specialist training from Kirklees Police, Kirklees Council and the charity Barnardo's.

Other safeguarding initiatives are also in place such as the Night Safety Bus, which launched in 2022 in Huddersfield, and the Ask Angela scheme. DCI Lee Fletcher of Kirklees

District Police, said: "A significant amount of work continues in Kirklees to make women and girls safer and this week of action is a valuable opportunity to raise awareness of the issue of women's safety in our communities "Our Catch and Control officers are engaged in proactive operations across the District to locate and arrest wanted domestic violence offenders, and I want to it very clear that any form of violent act towards females here in Kirklees will not be tolerated.

"A key part of making our communities safer is of course also to prevent crime from ever taking place, and we have a wide range of activity ongoing with partners to provide safety education and advice for women and girls at a variety of settings.

"Our wellestablished activity to boost safety in the night time economy is also continuing with initiative such as more Street Marshall patrols and planned licensing checks."

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