2024-06-06 17:16:15
No less than one criticism of home violence a day reaches the police authorities in Epirus, highlighting the facility that many victims now must “break the silence”.
Based on the information of the Normal Police Directorate of the Epirus Area and the Home Violence Workplace, which has been working since October 2022 within the Ioannina Police Directorate, the common of reported incidents reaches 1.2 per day, when in 2021 it was 0.6 .
Solely within the first 4 months of 2024, complaints about incidents of home violence in Epirus quantity to 155, already reaching 50% of the complaints made final 12 months, in accordance with the information reported by the top of the GADPI Info Workplace, Police Officer A’ Ilias Mitsios, talking on the Epirus TV1 newscast, on Tuesday night time. Particularly, in 2021 there have been 209 complaints, in 2022 303 complaints and in 2023 276 complaints.
“This quantity shouldn’t be alarming. This isn’t a rise in new incidents, however a rise in incidents being reported and dropped at the eye of the authorities, and that’s necessary. Due to the attention that exists and the initiatives which have been taken, we have now this consequence. The victims belief the authorities and break the silence”, famous Mr. Mitsios.
For the reason that starting of the 12 months, in truth, a steady upward development has been recorded as 24 complaints had been made in January, whereas this quantity reached 72 in April, all through the Epirus area. In February there have been 27 complaints and 32 in March.
So far as Ioannina is worried, within the 20 months of operation of the Home Violence Workplace, 269 incidents have been reported, of which 57 within the first two months of operation, 141 incidents in 2023 and 71 incidents within the first 4 months of 2024 alone.
The rise in complaints, in addition to tragic incidents of the earlier interval, led the political and bodily management of EL.AS. to proceed with the strengthening of the competent providers all through the nation and naturally within the area.
Already on Tuesday, Places of work for Coping with Home Violence had been established and are working on the headquarters of the Police Directorates of Arta and Preveza, whereas the operation of an Workplace in Igoumenitsa is imminent within the following days.
“Now these incidents can be managed there by specialised workers, who’ve been educated and have developed synergies with companies, such because the Counseling Facilities”, famous Mr. Mitsios, including that these places of work can be housed in appropriately configured areas.
Among the many measures which have been taken, is the growth of the punic button in our area as effectively, as it’s at present being carried out as a pilot in Athens and Thessaloniki. That is an software, which is put in on the sufferer’s cell phone solely by the Greek Police and has the utility of a “hidden alarm”. This software can be not observed by anybody checking the cellphone.
Lastly, in all 4 prefectures of Epirus, “secure homes” have been arrange for victims of home violence, in order that they are often accommodated instantly and safely, till they’re transferred to one of many buildings for accommodating victims of violence which might be working.
At this level there was a “hole” within the safety mechanism, with which the law enforcement officials who had been referred to as to cope with such incidents had been confronted. The secure homes had been arrange both in collaboration with the municipalities and the church, or they had been arrange in police premises.