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Accessibility

Our website is an important resource for members of the Victorian community. We have made our site compatible with mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers.

This website aims to meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Find out more by visiting their homepage

If there is information on this website that you can't access, or if you have suggestions about how we can improve the accessibility of this website, please email the Mental Health Centre of Excellence and Innovation at mental-health-program-office@police.vic.gov.au

Language settings and accessibility tools

There are many language settings and accessibility tools available. These can help make online information easier for you to use and understand. These settings and tools can be helpful if:

  • you do not understand English and/or want to read information in a different language
  • you have a disability and want to make using and understanding online information easier

The information below can help you use the language settings or accessibility tools on your device.

This information may also help if you know someone who is experiencing one or more of the circumstances above. Helping them to set up language settings or accessibility tools could make it easier for them to find information when they need it.

Desktop computer language settings

In most desktop computers, you can change the language of online information by changing the internet browser settings. Below is a list of options for changing language settings in commonly used internet browsers. You can:

Desktop computer accessibility tools

On your desktop computer there are tools in your internet browser that can help to improve the accessibility of online information. These tools can:

  • make text larger
  • help you navigate
  • adjust colours.

Below is a list of instructions on how to find the accessibility settings in commonly used internet browsers. You can:

Mobile phone or tablet language settings

For mobile phones or tablet devices, the language settings you see in your internet browser are often based on your device settings.

If the language on your internet browser app doesn’t match the language on your device, you can change this through your internet browser app settings.

Below is a list of options for updating language settings for commonly used devices and internet browser apps. You can:

Mobile phone or tablet accessibility tools

In your mobile phone and tablet there are some tools that can help improve the accessibility of online information and other programs or apps. Below is a list of accessibility tool options for commonly used devices. You can:

PDF documents on the Victoria Police website

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a common file format. PDFs are often used as they keep all data for the fonts, formatting, colours, and graphics in the file.

You can view, share, and print Adobe PDFs using free software available by visiting the Adobe website

Victoria Police’s Bluespace wellbeing website may use PDFs because of the nature of our documents and our need to preserve them. We are always looking to improve the accessibility of the documents we create.

If you have any issues or suggestions about how we can make this website more accessible, you can email the Mental Health Centre of Excellence and Innovation at mental-health-program-office@police.vic.gov.au

Scanned PDF documents

There are a few PDFs on this website that were created from scanning files, images or documents. These scanned PDFs are not accessible to screen readers or other assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology, we can provide you with an accessible version of a scanned PDF on our site.

To ask for an accessible version of a document, please email the Digital Experience Team at vpwebsite-mgr@police.vic.gov.au

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