NSW police response to DV 'needs fixing'

By Hannah Ryan
Updated February 23 2021 - 7:04pm, first published 6:58pm
Improving police response to domestic abuse is the most urgent issue, a NSW inquiry has been told.
Improving police response to domestic abuse is the most urgent issue, a NSW inquiry has been told.

Women who report domestic abuse in NSW are encountering police who do not understand it, inadvertently collude with perpetrators and fail to keep women and children safe, a parliamentary probe has heard.