The Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence Unit (GB­VU) of the Po­lice Ser­vice has ex­pressed con­cern with re­gard to the con­tin­ued vi­o­lent at­tacks be­ing per­pe­trat­ed up­on per­sons in the coun­try.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day the GB­VU pledged to con­tin­ue to do its part to pro­tect the na­tion`s vic­tims of Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence.

It said in in achiev­ing this goal, the unit is call­ing up­on all cit­i­zens, com­mu­ni­ties, and stake­hold­ers to do their part to en­sure that do­mes­tic vi­o­lence is iden­ti­fied and curbed at all costs.

The GB­VU was launched by Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice­Gary Grif­fith on Jan­u­ary 21, 2020, and is head­ed by As­sis­tant Su­per­in­ten­dent of Po­lice, Claire Guy-Al­leyne, and civil­ian man­ag­er Shireen Pol­lard.

So far, there have been a to­tal of 61 ar­rests.

The unit said these of­fences range from Breach of Pro­tec­tion Or­ders to rape in ac­cor­dance with the Do­mes­tic Vi­o­lence Act 1999, Sex­u­al Of­fences Act, Chap 11:28, Of­fences Against the Per­son Act 11:08 and the Sum­ma­ry Of­fences Act 11:02.

The Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence Unit is al­so ad­vis­ing all par­ties of pro­tec­tion or­ders to ad­here to all con­di­tions of the said or­ders.

It said fail­ure to com­ply could re­sult in an ar­rest and charge by the po­lice.

The GB­VU said rec­og­nizes the COVID-19 iso­la­tion poli­cies to flat­ten the curve im­ple­ment­ed by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th

Row­ley could cre­ate fer­tile ground for Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence.

It said based on re­search, the po­ten­tial for abuse in homes where abuse al­ready ex­ists, may in­crease.

In light of this, there has been a call for in­creased vig­i­lance through­out the Po­lice Ser­vice where re­ports are made.

The unit said mem­bers of the pub­lic can call 999 in case of an emer­gency or re­port di­rect­ly to the TTPS app. Gen­der-Based Vi­o­lence.

Of­fi­cers are as­signed to all nine po­lice di­vi­sions.