North Wales Police Launch Innovative AI Training for Stalking Victims

North Wales Police has launched a new initiative to strengthen officer responses to stalking incidents. The pilot scheme uses innovative Generative AI technology. It assesses how officers communicate with victims of stalking and domestic abuse.

The AI technology offers personalised feedback on interactions. This aims to strengthen officer response, empathy, and rapport building. A real victim-survivor from North Wales helped develop the scheme.

It is hoped the initiative will increase positive outcomes and convictions. This will be achieved by building strong and trusting relationships with victims.

Official Statement

VAWG Tactical Delivery Manager, Inspector Laura Salisbury-Jones, said: "Stalking is a serious crime that can escalate quickly and cause a victim to live in fear of danger. It is essential for our officers to be able to recognise the key signs of stalking, and to build positive relations with victims to empower them to fully report repeated unwanted behaviours."

Stalking is characterised by an individual’s behaviour being fixated, obsessed, unwanted and repeated.

Inspector Salisbury-Jones continued: "You don’t have to be threatened with violence to be a victim of stalking. Any kind of persistent, unwanted contact that causes distress should not be accepted or dismissed as harmless."

The first pilot session involved a group of trainee police officers. They interviewed an AI representation of a victim of stalking. Inspector Salisbury-Jones said: "I am pleased to say the feedback showed they demonstrated professional and supportive communication skills."

Feedback will focus on appropriate trauma-informed language, building rapport, and offering reassurance. It will also ensure officers ask the right questions to identify risks and evidential opportunities, and signpost victims to essential support services.

Inspector Salisbury-Jones said: "Officers often meet people in their most vulnerable and distressed moments. This training allows them to reflect on how they communicate with individuals and how they can make victims feel safe, listened to and supported during a difficult experience. By empowering victims to report incidents fully and with confidence, officers will be able to identify stalking early on, which in turn will reduce the risk of escalation and minimise harm to victims."

Victim Support and Reporting

If you, or someone you know, is being stalked or harassed, don’t put up with this behaviour or suffer in silence. Find out more information and seek support: Stalking and harassment | North Wales Police

OFFICIAL SOURCE VERIFICATION: This article is based on an official press release issued by a Police Force. Document: Innovative AI training launched to strengthen response to victims of stalking Source Link https://www.northwales.police.uk/news/north-wales/news/news/2026/april/innovative-ai-training-launched-to-strengthen-response-to-victims-of-stalking/

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