Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 4 October 2016.
First Minister, Gwent Police is taking part in a three-force pilot scheme, which will see front-line officers primed to look out for coercive or controlling behaviour when attending domestic abuse incidents. This is a switch to detecting patterns of abusive conduct, following on from new laws introduced to tackle perpetrators who subject spouses, partners or other family members to controlling or coercive behaviours, and is aimed at tackling a range of conducts such as social media, spying on them online and stopping them from socialising—and offenders can have up to five years in jail. I’m wondering if you’re taking this into consideration on a Gwent level and that it’s something that can be looked at across the board here in Wales.