October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Here's an Example of Why it's Needed

[Jilly_in_VA]

Note left in gas station restroom might have saved a woman’s life in Monroe County, police says

According to Sweetwater police, officers got a call to a gas station along Highway 68 in Monroe County. A clerk reportedly found a note inside the restroom that read: “Police...Tell room 218. I need help. He broke my cell phone.”

Sergeant Kelvin Franco and another officer responded to the call on Sept. 29 around 1 a.m.

“We tried to get there as fast as we could,” Franco said.

Franco told WVLT News he and a partner went hotel to hotel hoping to find a possible victim at the mentioned room number. They eventually found a man, child and a woman who told officers her boyfriend beat her several times that day.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/10/06/note-left-gas-station-restroom-might-have-saved-womans-life-monroe-county-police-says/
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I was a victim of domestic violence in my early first marriage. After the second instance I left him. But I know very well that domestic violence calls also affect police, because many have been killed or shot while answering them. (I also am aware that police have a high instance of domestic violence themselves.) The violence can also be emotional or psychological. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, the national hotline number is 1 (800) 799 – 7233 or they can text 1-855-VICTIM

[niyad]

1. "We never go to a domestic violence call, because that's how dangerous it is." So what,

Exactly then, is a DV victim supposed to do?


I am so very sorry that you were also a DV victim, and so glad that you left. It is a heartbreaking situation.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I think he may have been misquoted

Another account I read stated he said "We never go to a domestic violence call alone." Big difference.

[niyad]

5. VERY BIG difference! Thank you.

[lagomorph777]

3. Wish I was as smart as you.

I tolerated emotional abuse until my spouse's health was so bad she became physically dependent on me. The abuse has never stopped. Waste of two lives.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I'm so sorry

I bailed out on my late ex when his alcoholism finally became too much for me (and when I was sure enough of myself that I thought I could make it on my own)---and I should have gone sooner. He died with his heart full of hate for me, our daughter, and basically everyone but our two boys. At that point he was no longer my problem. I'd had enough of his psycho-emotional abuse.