Extra £42k to tackle drink spiking in Gloucestershire
100 incidents were reported between July and December 2021 to Gloucestershire Police
An extra £42,000 has been secured to help tackle drink spiking in Gloucestershire.
100 incidents were reported to Gloucestershire Police between July and December last year.
Despite a slight fall in December, the force say they are still receving reports at venues across the county.
The money will be on several areas:
- Extra urine testing kits for Gloucestershire Police
- Further Bystander Training which aims to give people confidence to call out mysoginistic behaviour
- Two re-deployable CCTV cameras which will focus on areas identified by data from the FLARE* app
- An educational campaign which helps to teach young people about consent
A bid from Gloucestershire's PCC to the Home Office's Safer Streets Fund, which aims to tackle Violence against Women and Girls was successful in securing £42,225.
It's one of Chris nelson's top priorities in his Police and Crime Prevention Plan.
This money is in addition to over £1 million he secured last October.
Chris Nelson is Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner: “I was pleased to take part in the Constabulary’s proactive anti-spiking operation before Christmas, which appears to be making a positive impact, and has been warmly welcomed by the public.
"It’s my job to ensure the Constabulary has the money and resources to continue this essential work, so I’m delighted that my commissioning team has yet again been able to secure funding from the Home Office, supporting our ambitious campaign to tackle Violence and Intimidation against Women and Girls in Gloucestershire.
“While this is positive news, this important initiative to make our streets safer will need much more effort. It is our responsibility as a society to shift the culture of women being held accountable for wicked and unacceptable violence by men. "