It is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, and the state government is tabling new laws to allow police to issue on-the-spot 12-month protection directions.

QPS Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelpy told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, “I’m really pleased to see those laws go into parliament this week.”

“The use of a police protection direction will see that close to two thirds of the domestic and family violence offences that we turn up to now will be able to issue an immediate police protection direction to give that victim-survivor protection right there on the spot for 12 months.”

“We know that a domestic and family violence current order takes four to five hours for a police officer to take out.”

“We’re expecting these to be under an hour, but the most important thing is it’ll free up that police time, which will allow the police to focus on our victim survivors,” Acting Commissioner Chelepy said.

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