Thousands of children have been exposed to domestic violence in Northern Ireland in just over two years.
Police are expanding safeguarding scheme Operation Encompass, which provides support to children who have experienced domestic abuse, to the Belfast area so that it will now cover every school in Northern Ireland.
As part of the scheme, if an officer attends a domestic abuse incident where a child is present they are able to provide the relevant information to their school safeguarding team before 9am so that the correct support can be put in place.
