We were delighted to host our first national conference on June 29 entitled the Bar: Best Practice in Stalking cases”. More than 190 “Raising professionals from the police, Crown Prosecution Service, ISAC network and DV services attended. Ian Elliott from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMIC/CPSI) also attended and presented their findings along with Clive Ruggles, whose daughter Alice was recently stalked and murdered, Brian Altman, QC, Alison Saunders Director of Public Prosecutions CPS, Mandy Banks Sentencing Counsel, Sharon Stratton from College of Policing and Baroness Jan Royall. Here’s what people said about it: inspirational” “absolutely like to say how beneficial the conference was, myself and my “I colleague found it extremely useful and hope to use some of the learning from this to improve how our colleagues deal with stalking cases!” passionate, positive and left feeling inspired” “professional, day, helped understand risks and positive changes Paladin “Excellent putting in place” interesting, informative, and interactive; would love to attend “Fantastic, other talks and work with Paladin” passionate that victims are at centre of policy and “Knowledgeable, practice, inspirational” informative, good learning” “passionate, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMIC/CPSI) We successfully lobbied for and worked closely with HMIC/CPSI who led the inspection into stalking. Their report was published on July 5 2017. Sadly, it showed how victims still continue to be let down and are left at further risk by police and CPS. This is what we have continued to find across the last year and indeed since the law changed. We work hard to raise awareness of the risks and dangers of stalking and also to train professionals to an accredited standard. We are calling for change that lasts. We believe that positive change can be achieved via attitude, aptitude and leadership and making this area a priority of business is vital. To this end we have developed and launched new Paladin CPD accredited training packages for police, CPS and all agencies working with victims of stalking to better protect as well as new consultancy and audit called “Freshtracks”. Media
We were delighted to host our first national conference on June 29 entitled “Raising the Bar: Best Practice in Stalking cases”. More than 190 professionals from the police, Crown Prosecution Service, ISAC network and DV services attended. Ian Elliott from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMIC/CPSI) also attended and presented their findings along with Clive Ruggles, whose daughter Alice was recently stalked and murdered, Brian Altman, QC, Alison Saunders Director of Public Prosecutions CPS, Mandy Banks Sentencing Counsel, Sharon Stratton from College of Policing and Baroness Jan Royall. Here’s what people said about it: “absolutely inspirational” “I like to say how beneficial the conference was, myself and my colleague found it extremely useful and hope to use some of the learning from this to improve how our colleagues deal with stalking cases!” “professional, passionate, positive and left feeling inspired” “Excellent day, helped understand risks and positive changes Paladin putting in place” “Fantastic, interesting, informative, and interactive; would love to attend other talks and work with Paladin” “Knowledgeable, passionate that victims are at centre of policy and practice, inspirational” “passionate, informative, good learning” Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMIC/CPSI) We successfully lobbied for and worked closely with HMIC/CPSI who led the inspection into stalking. Their report was published on July 5 2017. Sadly, it showed how victims still continue to be let down and are left at further risk by police and CPS. This is what we have continued to find across the last year and indeed since the law changed. We work hard to raise awareness of the risks and dangers of stalking and also to train professionals to an accredited standard. We are calling for change that lasts. We believe that positive change can be achieved via attitude, aptitude and leadership and making this area a priority of business is vital. To this end we have developed and launched new Paladin CPD accredited training packages for police, CPS and all agencies working with victims of stalking to better protect as well as new consultancy and audit called “Freshtracks”. Media