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In reply to the discussion: Call police about domestic violence and get evicted [View all]R B Garr
(16,920 posts)Your posts on this thread are very insightful, and I see why, as you are a survivor and a counselor and very knowledgeable. But it seems police forces are trying to extricate themselves from the decision-making processes you are describing here and going instead with the very basic and well-documented dynamics of domestic violence. I'm no expert by any means, but I think we all know some of the basics about DV: it always escalates and is usually based in alcohol/substance abuse and/or long-term life patterns of abuse often based in childhood.
It seems like the police are not willing to keep responding to the same dynamics involving the same individuals without upping the ante on them, if you will. By giving the situation a couple responses and then seeing the same situation arise for a third time, I guess they are deeming the problem so entrenched that police response is not the answer at that point. The police need to escalate it themselves by bringing in other resources of their own, such as court procedures. In the long run, this woman will be better served by dealing with the root issues that kept her there in the first place for such violence than in keeping herself in a situation where she is being stabbed in the neck.