Police Response to Domestic Violence
Domestic violence has been an ever growing epidemic and it has become more prevalent now more than ever. In the 1960’s wife battering was considered a social issue and seen as a matter between husband wife in which the police were rarely called out and neighbors didn’t get involved. According to "Police Response to Domestic Violence"(n.d.), “Police officers were trained on how to respond to family violence crises by separating the parties for a cooling-down period. It was not uncommon for the officers to ‘‘counsel’’ the parties.” The roles that law enforcement played as you can see was very minimal at best. In the 70’s and 80’s it surfaced significantly and became and increasing issues that needed to be …show more content…
They never know how volatile the situation can be for them and or the victim. It’s imperative that officers are trained on how to handle and respond to these types of calls. According to "How Police Are Trained To Respond To Domestic Violence"(2016),That’s because the killer in almost one third of female homicides is an intimate partner, and 22 percent of officer "line of duty" deaths in recent years occurred while responding to domestic violence calls. Every department has their own policies on how law enforcement will response to a domestic violence call. It is very important for it to be understood that domestic violence calls are treated as a high priority call and with immediate response. Most of the departments will have some of the most common policies. One of the most common ones is approach carefully. You want to run your lights and sirens to the call. As you get closer to the house you want to turn the lights and sirens off. Also as you are walking up to the door you want to observe and see if you can hear anything before you announce your presence. You want to ask whether the person has access to any weapons. The officer should check to see if anyone has any outstanding warrants. The officer need to watch also how they talk to the victim. They need to have a calm voice when talking to …show more content…
Things are changing every day for them. There are studies to see if police officers are learning form the domestic violence calls they answer to see what they need to change to make their job safer for them. There are some things that might not need to be changed. It would always be safer if in the future if the officers to have continued training annually as well as when showing up to a domestic violence call officers should be in pairs and not just one officer answering the call. In the future they might be able to determine the root of the cause that started the domestic violence so that not all parties have to be arrested on the
Domestic violence has been an ever growing epidemic and it has become more prevalent now more than ever. In the 1960’s wife battering was considered a social issue and seen as a matter between husband wife in which the police were rarely called out and neighbors didn’t get involved. According to "Police Response to Domestic Violence"(n.d.), “Police officers were trained on how to respond to family violence crises by separating the parties for a cooling-down period. It was not uncommon for the officers to ‘‘counsel’’ the parties.” The roles that law enforcement played as you can see was very minimal at best. In the 70’s and 80’s it surfaced significantly and became and increasing issues that needed to be …show more content…
They never know how volatile the situation can be for them and or the victim. It’s imperative that officers are trained on how to handle and respond to these types of calls. According to "How Police Are Trained To Respond To Domestic Violence"(2016),That’s because the killer in almost one third of female homicides is an intimate partner, and 22 percent of officer "line of duty" deaths in recent years occurred while responding to domestic violence calls. Every department has their own policies on how law enforcement will response to a domestic violence call. It is very important for it to be understood that domestic violence calls are treated as a high priority call and with immediate response. Most of the departments will have some of the most common policies. One of the most common ones is approach carefully. You want to run your lights and sirens to the call. As you get closer to the house you want to turn the lights and sirens off. Also as you are walking up to the door you want to observe and see if you can hear anything before you announce your presence. You want to ask whether the person has access to any weapons. The officer should check to see if anyone has any outstanding warrants. The officer need to watch also how they talk to the victim. They need to have a calm voice when talking to …show more content…
Things are changing every day for them. There are studies to see if police officers are learning form the domestic violence calls they answer to see what they need to change to make their job safer for them. There are some things that might not need to be changed. It would always be safer if in the future if the officers to have continued training annually as well as when showing up to a domestic violence call officers should be in pairs and not just one officer answering the call. In the future they might be able to determine the root of the cause that started the domestic violence so that not all parties have to be arrested on the