Project Bright Light

Project Bright Light, which took place between January and May 2025, aimed to lay the foundation for radically improving the police response to domestic abuse. It applied the ‘six Pillar’ methodological approach established by Operation Soteria. This involved close police-academic co-production to collect, analyse and interpret a range of data sources to examine the following six topics:

(1)  Investigation and safeguarding;
(2)  disruption and deterrence;
(3)  victim-centred responses
(4). learning, development and officer wellbeing;
(5). data and performance; and
(6) digital evidence

CWASU held Pillar 5 on data, which was led by Jo Lovett.

The final report details our pillar specific findings along with the findings of all pillars and both their local and national implications.