Police responders training evaluation report

Domestic Abuse (DA) Matters was written with the College of Policing by SafeLives to provide police forces with a sustainable programme of change that offers the opportunity for the country to provide consistency of service to families experiencing domestic abuse. The interactive training tool seeks to address negative attitudes towards domestic abuse and to promote a cultural shift across Police Forces.

This report outlines initial findings from the Domestic Abuse Matters training carried out by SafeLives across 21 British Police Force areas between 2018 and 2021. Feedback forms were completed by 31,781 first responders who attended the training, and responses were analysed. In addition to the 21, three further force areas have completed DA matters training since its inception, however evaluation data for these forces was not collected in the same way, and therefore these forces have not been included within this report.