It can happen to anyone
Lots of times the affluent have a more difficult time admitting what is happening to them. read this for more info...
News: "Through July of this year, Cabot Police were dispatched on 315 domestic calls. Of those 315 calls, 81 resulted in an official police report and 66 of those involved actual domestic battery. Many people think that domestic abuse happens only in low income neighborhoods based upon what they see on television but officials say domestic abuse is not limited to the low income. In fact, police say that it is as common in the affluent neighborhoods as it is in the trailer parks. Even an affluent city like Cabot has its share of domestic abuse, local victims say. And Lucas says that Cabot crime statistics confirm that suspicion."
News: "Through July of this year, Cabot Police were dispatched on 315 domestic calls. Of those 315 calls, 81 resulted in an official police report and 66 of those involved actual domestic battery. Many people think that domestic abuse happens only in low income neighborhoods based upon what they see on television but officials say domestic abuse is not limited to the low income. In fact, police say that it is as common in the affluent neighborhoods as it is in the trailer parks. Even an affluent city like Cabot has its share of domestic abuse, local victims say. And Lucas says that Cabot crime statistics confirm that suspicion."
posted by Shelly at 9:24 AM
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ANYONE...including a former State Highway Patrol Officer, with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice, like myself.
I used to be the one on the other end of a cry for help. I used to be the one to get 'mad' at victims because they would not tesitfy, or give a statement to Police, or lie for the attacker.
Then I met the slickest, smootest convict I have ever encountered in my 15 years in Law Enforcement. He played me, he studied me, he learned me and with a quickness, he damn near killed me.
I remember my first trip to the Emergency Room. The doctor had sent in a Social Worker to explain the Order of Protection paperwork. I had to roll my eyes at her because just the week before, I was the one who took those papers to the judge's house at 3 A.M. to get signed.
I worked for many years in the top Law Enforcement Agency in my State. I told all of them what was happening in my home. I told my LT. and even my Captain. Not one of them helped me. They were all sick of responding to these calls, and didn't want to hear it from a co-worker I guess. Maybe they thought that it couldn't happen to me for real. Maybe they thought I could handle myself, I don't know.
I do know that I no longer blame a victim for not testifying, or for not talking to the Police. My department repaid me by quoting a General Order that states, 'no employee shall have close personal contact with a known criminal.'
See, this guy had 14 prior Felony Convictions, and 24 prior Misdemeanor Convictions, 80% of these convictions were of a violent nature. But as a Law Enforcement Officer, it was illegal for me to check this information prior to the beginging of our relationship, I by law was restricted to check his criminal history.
I am testifying against him next week. He was charged with Felony Assault 2nd with an Intent to Kill, and Felony Witness Tampering against me. I have had to change my name and relocate. I now am the 'invisible woman'.
Since he never beat me in the middle of a crowed resturant, or while we were sitting in church, he knows that it is wrong. He still made a CHOICE to hurt me.
I understand, and I now know that there is nothing that I could have said in my Law Enforcement days that would have helped you. I know that my actions were needed, and not my words. You needed me to show up at your house, take him to jail, bring a Moving Truck, keys to a vehicle, keys to a different home, and some cash to pay bills and buy food. I think that then, if all of that was offered to you, or to me, that no one would go to the jail house and bond out their personal Devil. I wish that I could have done that for all of you, and I wish that someday, we can do that for all of you.
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