Last 12 months HMICFRS inspectors warned three police forces – Durham, Merseyside and Thames Valley – over the length of time they had been taking to reply to Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme requests. Det Supt Emma Pitts, the force’s head of public safety, stated disclosures had “significantly elevated” after recent changes to its processes. Every pressure which provided relevant information had taken longer than the 28-day restrict to answer some functions. Some took greater than a yr to answer members of the public who had requested for disclosures about their associate. However, hundreds of applications were declined and some didn’t receive a police response for months. Maddy Wood, who was 10 when her mother was murdered, informed the BBC she nervous “poor execution” of the laws by police forces “could doubtlessly outcome in the loss of extra lives”.

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