作者和工作角色： Lucy Thomas，受害者服务委托与政策负责人
保护标记： 官方
执行摘要：
Police & Crime Commissioners have the statutory responsibility to provide services to support victims cope and recover. The Victim & Witness Care Unit is jointly funded between the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Surrey and Surrey Police to support victims and witnesses.
背景
- Courts are currently experiencing notable backlog in trials, and this is increasing the caseload of the victim and witness care officers within the unit. Many victims are also feeling a heightened level of anxiety post-pandemic and combined with the current economic climate, this is creating a complexity of need, elongating the timeline for support. These combined factors have generated unprecedent demand for the unit and OPCC and Surrey Police is to increase resourcing to ensure the unit continues to provide high quality support which meets victims’ needs.
推荐
- Additional funding (outlined below) is provided to the Victim and Witness Care Unit to increase resources to manage demand and support victims to cope and recover.
- 2023/24 – £52,610.85
- 2024/25 – £52,610.85
警察和犯罪专员批准
我同意以下建议：
签名： Commissioner Lisa Townsend (wet signed copy held in Commissioner’s Office)
日期： 20th 2022年 十月
所有决定都必须添加到决定寄存器中。