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Black And Blue Bloods: Protecting Police Officer Families From Domestic Violence, Rafaqat Cheema
Black And Blue Bloods: Protecting Police Officer Families From Domestic Violence, Rafaqat Cheema
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Officer-involved domestic violence (OIDV) is a national problem, with police officer families having higher rates of domestic violence than non–police officer families. OIDV is also an underresearched problem with few studies or proposed solutions. Many victims of OIDV do not report their abuse precisely because their abuser is a police officer, whom they fear is in a unique position to protect him/herself from any legal consequences. Often, OIDV complaints are not investigated properly in a nonbiased manner. While a handful of police agencies around the country have developed specific policies and procedures to deal with OIDV, Washington State has enacted …