Violence against women is a national emergency, Mahmood says

The home secretary said plans to deploy specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams in every police force in England and Wales by 2029, citing violence against women and girls as a

national emergency. It's part of a long-awaited initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and girls within a decade. After being pushed back three times this year, the project, which includes funding for undercover units operating online, and a roll out of domestic abuse protection orders, is set to be announced on Thursday. Shabana Mahmood said that during her time in office, she had come to

the sad conclusionthatthe criminal justice system fails women.

The way police officers prosecuted crimes was too much of a postcode lottery, Laura Kuenssberg said on Sunday. According to the government, the new teams would have officers with specialized investigation skills for dealing with rape and sexual offense cases. According to the department, staff will be given the right education to understand the abusers' and victims' mindsets. More than half of police departments already have these teams in place, but the government claims that every force will have dedicated officers by 2029. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley applauded the change, claiming that the Met will continue to use tactics used by the Met in its current V100 program. The program seeks to identify and target men who pose the greatest danger to women using data.

We created a whole new system focused on finding and prosecuting men who commit violence, and Sir Mark added that the Met uses the

same relentless resolve we use to combat terrorism to combat violence against women and girls.

A rollout of domestic abuse protection orders has also been released, which have been trialed over the last year throughout England and Wales. They can prohibit individuals from calling a victim, visiting their house, or posting harmful material online, and they can also be used in situations involving coercion or control behavior. Breaching an order is a criminal offence. Mahmood said early evidence from the pilots on the orders was

very positive,

with a significant number of arrests of people defianceing the orders.

They take the onus away from the woman, the perpetrator, to pursue her assaulter all the way around various parts of the court system in order to enforce the order and actually puts it back on the police. " she said. Special undercover units of police officers who work online will be targeted at those harassing women and girls on the internet, which will be almost £2 million in investment. The government is also looking at expanding Clare's Law to include crimes such as stalking, sexual assault, and harassment. Clare Wood, who was murdered in 2009 by her-ex-boyfriend who had a history of violent conduct, was the subject of the statute. People can now request information from the police about their partner's or ex-partner's history of domestic violence. According to a survey published earlier this month, more than a quarter of police forces in England and Wales did not have basic guidelines for investigating sexual offenses. According to the agency, sexually motivated crimes against women in public remained widespread, criticised the lack of evidence to support them, and called for urgent action to discourage predators from offending.

The government's plan's unveiling of its plans has been long delayed. It was originally planned to be announced in the spring. Last year, Labour's general election manifesto pledged to use

every government weapon available to target criminals and investigate the root causes of abuse and violence. The chairs of three Commons select committees expressed their dissatisfaction with repeated delays in releasing the plans on Tuesday. The BBC has previously reported that changing attitudes among boys and young men will be at the forefront of what is planned. According to reports, the project will be based on three main objectives: young men's sterilization, preventing sex from being released, catching murderers, and helping victims. Any domestic violence survivors have told the BBC that the time for talking is over, and that these steps must be carried out quickly. Chris Philp, the Conservative shadow home secretary, said the news was

too little, too late. It had been disappointing it took the government a year and a half to produce its plan, according to Laura Kuenssberg, and the money was

a very small amount. When asked why the previous Conservative government, of which he was a member, and the new Labour one had failed to tackle the issue, he said both sides disagreed

seriouslybut added that the criminal justice system wasquite slow and bureaucratic. Since a trial was dismissed in 2017, Mr. Brown said that changes to evidence disclosure had "slowed the whole system down.