Once the police are in attendance of an incident, they have a duty to:
- Public protection and safeguarding
- Measure the risk posed to people involved
- Sign-post people to the local specialist services or relevant national helplines
- Investigating and prosecuting any criminal activity which they uncover
- Recording the details of every incident
- Dealing with suspected crime and intervening to investigate
- Issuing injunctions and protective measures if they feel someone is at risk of serious harm