Resourcing for domestic violence policing in NSW lags behind other states, audit finds

The auditor-general says the NSW police force hasn’t dedicated the same level of resources or organisational authority to domestic violence policing as other Australian jurisdictions. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales police force is falling behind other states in its efforts to curb domestic violence and needs to implement systems to support work on the frontline, according to the state’s auditor general Margaret Crawford.

An audit report released on Monday also found the system used to record and manage domestic violence incidents was “cumbersome”, and so “onerous” that police had even less time to deal with rising rates of domestic violence.