Victoria Police has launched its five year vision and strategic plan to address family violence, sexual offences and child abuse.

Policing Harm, Upholding the Right: Victoria Police strategy for Family Violence, Sexual Offences and Child Abuse 2018-2023 marks the next stage of Victoria Police's reform agenda, building on previous work to combat violence against women and children, who are the predominant victims of these crimes.

The strategy takes an integrated approach to responding to family violence, sexual offences and child abuse, in recognition of the links between these crime themes and the cumulative harm their co-occurrence causes.

Our vision is that 'Victoria Police plays an integral role in reducing, and ultimately preventing the harm caused by perpetrators of family violence, sexual offences and child abuse, by holding perpetrators to account and improving the safety and wellbeing of all victims'.

Policing Harm, Upholding the Right sets out four strategic priorities for reform to achieve this:

Victim Safety - Service delivery improves the safety and wellbeing of victims
Offence and Offender Management - Perpetrators are actively managed and held accountable
Child Safety is front of mind
Our People - A capable and safe workforce

Each strategic priority has specific objectives to focus police efforts, key actions forming a two-year rolling action plan to further reform and organisational performance measures to identify trends that will help assess progress. (From the website). Record #5760