There are many parts to your question there.
When we look at the patterns of intimate partner violence, it encompasses many areas, such as hurt, humiliation, intimidation, exploitation and isolation. These are things police officers are aware of.
We need to ensure that they have more training in this area, because most of our intimate partner violence response traditionally is on the physical piece. If there's one incident, police are called and conduct the investigation. We know this issue is much more complex than this, and we want to ensure that our officers on the front lines have the tools they need to identify, whether we capture it as coercive control.... We heard from the other panel about some financial impacts, isolation and denying women and young people access to information.
Is there a difference between how we respond to intimate partner violence in youth and adults? Yes, there is, because the complexities change. The relationships tend to be quite different. They may not be as long term in youth as we see in adults. A key piece is working collaboratively with other agencies to ensure that officers have all the tools they need, they have the education and they have the awareness so that they make the right decision when one group of officers attends or a next group of officers responds in these complex investigations.