VICTORIA Police is targeting more than 3000 wanted family violence perpetrators and holding them to account in a new major statewide operation which includes Bass Coast.
Operation Enforceable – an initiative of Victoria Police’s Family Violence Command – will see specialist units from across the force unite to proactively target and apprehend perpetrators known to actively avoid police detection or who have outstanding warrants or unserved family violence intervention orders (IVO) to ensure the safety of victim-survivors.
Frontline Police, Family Violence Investigation Units and the Family Violence Taskforce will lead the operation, with support from the Public Order Response Team, VIPER Taskforce and Intelligence and Covert Support Command Proactive Targeting Teams.
Victoria Police said it’s the first time an operation of this kind has taken place.
Of the perpetrators, more than 1100 have outstanding warrants, more than 750 have outstanding whereabouts and more than 640 have an unserved family violence IVO. More than 500 have other outstanding enforceable actions, such as bail compliance, DNA orders and fingerprint identification files.
Most of the perpetrators have been actively avoiding police detection and hold multiple outstanding warrants.
These perpetrators will be of priority throughout the operation, which will run over six days in August and October, and will include apprehending:
Operation Enforceable forms part of Victoria Police’s ongoing commitment in responding to family violence and managing perpetrators.
If you or someone you know is experiencing or at risk of experiencing family violence please seek help from police or a support service.
Support is available 24 hours a day through Safe Steps by calling 1800 015 188 or emailing safesteps@safesteps.org.au
In an emergency call Triple Zero (000). If you can’t get to a phone, ask someone else to do it for you. Victoria Police is here to support you.
“The message to family violence perpetrators is clear: closed doors will not protect you from being targeted and held to account – and this operation shows just how serious we are.
“We also want victim-survivors to know they can trust police to take action to make sure this violence stops.”
