Domestic abuse • Risk model

DASH police meaning

DASH — Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based Violence risk model. A straightforward operational memory aid for DASH.

Short answer

27-question risk identification checklist completed with victims by first-response officers to grade domestic abuse risk (standard/medium/high) and drive MARAC referral. ACPO-accredited, rolled out across UK forces from March 2009. A true acronym for the abuse types covered, not a letter-per-step mnemonic.

DASH
DASH — Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based Violence risk model
DDomestic (Abuse)
AAbuse
SStalking
HHarassment and Honour-based violence

When officers use it

27-question risk identification checklist completed with victims by first-response officers to grade domestic abuse risk (standard/medium/high) and drive MARAC referral. ACPO-accredited, rolled out across UK forces from March 2009. A true acronym for the abuse types covered, not a letter-per-step mnemonic.

Practical point: use the mnemonic alongside current training, procedures and the live facts.

Why Section includes this

Section is a fast UK police reference app for officers and student officers: offences, points to prove, PACE powers and operational mnemonics in one offline place.

What does DASH stand for?

D = Domestic, A = Abuse, S = Stalking, H = Harassment and Honour-based violence.

THRIVE — THRIVE — initial risk assessment for calls for service / incident grading RARA — RARA — risk management options (domestic abuse / public protection) GOWISELY — Stop and search — information the officer must give (PACE s2 / Code A)

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