According to the lawsuit, officers failed to recognize “basic signs of intimate partner violence.”
Unfortunately,studiesshow a potentially long history of domestic abuse among law enforcement.
“4-5 women are murdered every day [in the US] by current or former male partners.
But any attempts to pass similar laws in the United States have failed so far.
Nuisance laws are already being used against victims,Ms.
“Victims say otherwise,” Richards wrote to us.
“The murder stats say otherwise.”
In other words, officers need to protect the victim.
Officers, the manual states, also need to not let themselves be manipulated by the real suspect.
“But distress and trauma are normal reactions to coercive control and abusers.”
She added that it’s the victim’s credibility that’s questioned, not the abuser’s.
Burnout especially, the study showed, was a high-risk factor.
“Not a plot twist for me,” she said onInstagram.
His behavior witnessed in thebody cam footagehad major tells for Richards.
