Police victims of DA get a worse service than the public as forces look to defend organisational reputation

27th July 2026Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

New research into domestic abuse (DA) victimisation in the police workforce highlights that officers and staff who are victim-survivors of DA receive a worse service than members of the public – particularly in cases of police-perpetrated domestic abuse – because of ideas around officer resilience, an “institutional reluctance” to acknowledge victims’ circumstances, and forces’ reputational defensiveness, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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Police victims of DA get a worse service than the public as forces look to defend organisational reputation

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