Police Response To Domestic Violence

追加: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]So, there is a big difference as to how domestic violence is treated by the police in Australia and here. In Australia, there's a very clear public statement that the police will make, certainly in Victoria where I'm from.

[00:00:18]When I was in that relationship and trying to break free, I called somebody that I knew who was part of the police force and I told them everything that was going on and I said, "What do I do?"

[00:00:28]And he said to me, "You are to get out as safely and as quickly as possible. Do not make a big deal about it. You just need to get free. Once you are out, you have to protect your privacy. You cannot let him know where you are. You can't" So, he gave me all these tips on all of that and um he said, "Officially, I have to tell you to report it." He said, "As your friend, nothing will happen other than it will piss him off." And this man, Australia has very strict gun laws. This man, because of the work that he did, he had guns and he had threatened to kill me.

[00:01:05]And it was just get out as safely as you can. And that was why I never reported it. And then I've already told you what happened when two girlfriends after me reported it and I knew neighbors that lived next door to him after I had moved out and they would call me and tell me what they would hear going on for the for the woman after me.

[00:01:25]>> Mhm.

[00:01:26]>> Australia then when there is a family violence case, which they call it versus domestic violence, and either a wife or ex-wife is killed or children are killed, the police come out and always say, "We don't understand how this happened." And I have a theory that the the one thing they need to change is taking reports from people like me seriously. I obviously survived.

[00:01:52]I got beaten up and never should have experienced any of that. But I should have had an avenue to go to the police and say, "This is what happened to me."

[00:02:01]Have it taken seriously. And even if there was minimal um uh minimal consequences for him for it to be permanently on his record so that it creates a paper trail so that as the next woman comes forward, they understand that there there is a pattern. These women are not connected.

[00:02:21]There is a pattern of behavior and we have to take it seriously. Instead, women are dismissed. And they're dismissed and they're dismissed and these men are emboldened to continue what they're doing. And from everything that I know just about my abuser, the violence was escalating seriously. And ultimately, with some of these men, it ends in death of one or multiple people.