 | Domestic violence is an ongoing concern for both the police and the community. Research shows that the ability to intervene during early stages of emotional and verbal abuse or less physically injurious violence is critical to preventing future violence. As the first responders, police are uniquely poised to play a key role in assisting social service and public health efforts to prevent and reduce domestic violence. Police often see problematic relationships and families well before victim advocates, doctors, and other service providers are even aware there is a problem. Domestic-related calls for service are one of the most frequent categories law enforcement agencies respond to, even though many of these calls may not lead to an arrest. This guide provides a process for proactive police response to the short-term problem of repeat calls for service at residences, called domestic-related repeat incidents or DRRI. Importantly, the process does not replace what police and the criminal justice system already do for individual domestic violence crimes and victims but provides a complementary strategy that fills a gap by systematically addressing repeat noncriminal incidents occurring at residences with the aim of forestalling more serious violence and keeping individuals, families, and the community safer.By Roberto Santos, Rachel SantosCategories: Violent CrimeLanguage: EnglishPublic link
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