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flag Essex Police's anti-violence program expands after minister visit, citing significant arrests and disrupted crimes against women and girls.

flag Essex Police’s Project Vigilant, aimed at reducing violence against women and girls in Colchester, is expanding with new government backing after a visit by Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips MP. flag Since January, plain-clothes officers have patrolled nightlife areas, leading to 250 stop-and-searches, 198 intelligence reports, 85 arrests, and 87 incident responses across Essex. flag The initiative has disrupted cases involving registered sex offenders and underage girls with older men, with local leaders and police calling it a sustained, collaborative effort to shift responsibility from victims to offenders. flag Phillips hailed the program as a tangible response to the national emergency of gender-based violence.

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