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Philadelphia Police Address Sharp Rise in Domestic Violence
By Liza Cooper | December 30, 2009
Domestic violence murder is up in Philadelphia, just as it is in the rest of the nation. The rise is counter to the overall drop in Philly homicides. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the Police Department is formulating a new directive and it will include steps such as requiring each police district to keep a database on domestic calls. The information will be provided to the responding officers.
Up until now, officers would respond to a domestic violence call and not know if it was a first time occurrence or if the household had an ongoing history of domestic violence or a restraining order was in force.
The hope is that by arming responding officers with this background they will calibrate their responses accordingly.
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