# @victoriapolice on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C7N62T3tpa3
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- **Posted:** 2024-05-21T04:42:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Victoria Police (@victoriapolice) — https://gondola.cc/victoriapolice

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“They are dangerous offenders, many who have a significant history of offences including serious assault, threats to kill, sexual offences and stalking.”⁣
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Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Higgins is the officer in charge of Victoria Police’s Family Violence Command (FVC) Taskforce. ⁣
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Leading a team of skilled detectives and intelligence analysts, Steve’s 18-person unit is dedicated to helping police across the state locate and arrest high-level offenders. ⁣
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With over 90,000 family violence incidents reported to police in Victoria each year alone, there’s a huge workload for frontline members and specialist family violence investigators. When assistance is required to track down wanted family violence offenders, the Taskforce effectively take control of this phase of the investigation to locate these offenders. ⁣
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“We are a proactive investigative unit, so we have the resources and ability to use intelligence to focus our response at short notice on an individual offender, giving us a greater chance of tracking them down faster and holding them to account.”⁣
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This includes coordinating planned operations and days of action with local police across the state targeting family violence offenders with enforceable actions like outstanding warrants and the service of intervention orders.⁣
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But what if an offender flees and relocates interstate? “State borders are not a barrier to us,” says Steve, having built relationships with other police jurisdictions across the country to coordinate extraditions between states.⁣
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In 2023, the FVC Taskforce helped locate and arrest 162 offenders in Victoria and conducted eight interstate extraditions of serious offenders. ⁣
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It’s work that is continuing to evolve, with a further expansion to the taskforce’s remit last year to include supporting sexual offences and child abuse investigation teams .⁣
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"The most important part of any work we do is protecting vulnerable people in our community who are impacted by family violence and sexual offending.” ⁣
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If you or someone you know is experiencing violence, head to the Family Violence tab via our link in bio or call Triple Zero (000). ⁣

#FamilyViolence #EndDV

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