Cameras to snap domestic violence cases
Cameras to snap domestic violence cases
The Age, Australia
More NSW police officers will be equipped with digital and video cameras to help investigate cases of domestic violence.
Police Minister David Campbell said the police kits, designed to gather evidence against domestic violence offenders, had been trialled in south-west Sydney and Wagga Wagga.
In those areas, guilty pleas by domestic violence offenders had doubled from 20 per cent to 40 per cent, he said.
“Domestic violence is a cowardly and despicable act, and this is why we are giving police the tools they need to prosecute offenders,” Mr Campbell said.
“The evidence kits contain a digital stills camera, digital video camera and victim’s support pack, and are fitted into general duties police vehicles.”
Areas to receive the kits are: Penrith, Blacktown, Quakers Hill, Mt Druitt, St Marys, Hurstville, Miranda and Sutherland in Sydney, Tuggerah Lakes on the central coast, Far South Coast and Shoalhaven, and Manning on the state’s north coast.
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