Police Abusers And Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence

Police abusers are skilled in verbal intimidation and degradation. Women tell us their abusers scream at them like they talk to criminals on the street — their voices and faces change; they use filthy street language; they tell the victim she is "just like the scumbags he deals with every day." Some women describe fearing that the abuser has lost touch with reality, that he has forgotten who she is while he is in this rage.
She knows that when the police arrive at the scene and learn that he is a police officer, a shift takes place. The responding officers are now responding not to the victim, but to "an officer in need." Most police departments in the country do not even have a policy addressing the police-perpetrated domestic violence, so