Practical writing on safeguarding, professional judgement, risk identification and system learning in domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control. Drawn from independent review learning, training delivery and frontline experience.
The College of Policing is rewriting its stalking guidance, but new documents alone will not change practice. This article examines what the guidance must achieve in policing and across partner agencies if victims are to receive a properly connected, suspect-focused and risk-led response.