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Dame Vera Baird QC, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria welcomes a much needed proposed change in legislation, launched today (August 21), that will require police forces to deliver appropriate care to menstruating detainees in custody. Back in January...
Specialist Domestic Violence Courts should do more to stop defendants ‘gaming the system’, improve the courts understanding of coercive control and need Independent Domestic Abuse Advocates at every stage to help complainants and victims A new report from Northumbria...
Joint article by Dame Vera Baird QC (Victims Lead for the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners) and Baroness Helen Newlove (Victims Commissioner). Yesterday, the House of Commons Justice Committee published the findings of their inquiry into the disclosure...
This Saturday, July 14, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC and Northumbria Police will be supporting the annual Day of Remembrance, which celebrates lives lost to so-called honour killings and forced marriage. The Day of Remembrance...
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria has offered her congratulations to ministers, following today’s debate in parliament on protecting service animals. Dame Vera Baird QC wrote to Justice Secretary, Rt Hon David Gauke MP back in March urging...
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