Officers of the Ogun State Police Command have undergone a two-day capability constructing training on Post-Violence Care and Gender-Based Violence, GBV, aimed toward enhancing survivor-centred response and investigation.
The training was organised by the Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in collaboration with the APIN Public Health Initiative.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, disclosed this in an announcement on Wednesday.
Declaring the training open, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs Adebimpe Folusho Obienu, mentioned the workshop was aimed toward strengthening officers’ data and sensible expertise in survivor-centred, rights-based and coordinated responses to GBV, together with protected referrals and post-violence care.
According to the assertion, the primary day of the training addressed myths and details about GBV, its numerous kinds, drivers, threat elements and societal impression.
Technical classes highlighted related legal guidelines and expectations of prosecutors throughout police investigations, emphasising that the police function the muse of each case.
Officers have been skilled on first-response procedures at scenes and police stations to make sure survivor security, privateness, dignity and non-discrimination, in addition to survivor-centred communication to keep away from re-traumatisation.
Other areas coated included correct interviewing strategies, acquiring knowledgeable consent, sustaining confidentiality, proof preservation and establishing referral pathways with Sexual Assault Referral Centres, SARCs, and healthcare amenities throughout the state.
The second day centered on post-violence care pathways, together with medical care, psychological help, authorized help and security planning, with emphasis on time-sensitive care following sexual violence, together with pressing scientific evaluation and administration of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, PEP, inside 72 hours the place indicated.
Officers have been additionally guided on responding to little one survivors, intimate-partner violence, home violence, sexual assault and exploitation, in addition to safeguarding protocols for individuals at heightened threat.
The VAPP Law 2015, significantly Section One, was additionally reviewed, whereas inter-agency coordination and roles of Police Gender Units, Family Support Units, FSUs, SARCs and social welfare businesses have been highlighted.
The classes featured interactive workouts on survivor disclosure, threat evaluation, documentation and referral role-plays, in addition to discussions on skilled conduct, officer accountability and methods for managing secondary trauma.
Babaseyi acknowledged that the Command beneath the State Commissioner of Police, CP Bode Ojajuni, stays dedicated to steady training to boost professionalism and guarantee efficient safety and repair supply for survivors throughout the state.
