Domestic violence protection orders (DVPOs) can be used by police to prevent a suspected perpetrator of domestic violence returning to the home within 28 days.
The orders, which were trialled in Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire over 15 months across 2011 and 2012, are issued by magistrates’ courts and will be available to police from March next year.
They allow police to intervene where they believe a person is at risk but there is not enough evidence to bring a charge.
Under the new powers, police will be able to take interim action through a domestic violence protection notice (DVPN), which they can issue themselves and prevent suspected perpetrators of domestic abuse returning to the home for 48 hours.
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