On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:16:31 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:
"jeff miller" wrote in message
...
wrote:
But no jurisdiction makes it practice
to make a "tactical, storm trooper" response to _all_ domestic calls.
And I'd agree that _some_ cases get out of hand, and in some cases,
arrests probably aren't the best thing to have happen. But that still
doesn't translate into _all_.
TC,
R
all DOMESTIC VIOLENCE... (hint) VIOLENCE...complaints. ... here, it's
_all_.
jeff
I'd have to back Jeff up on this one, from the cops I know around here. ANY
report of domestic violence in rural Berks county gets not one, but two
squad cars with a total of 4 officers.
See my response to jeff.
No matter if either party or both
refuse to file a complaint, if blood is drawn, the other party goes to
jail(24 hours before bond hearing here), no ifs, ands or buts. I think this
might be typical of most jurisdictions, in this day and age.
That's a law, not a mandated policy response to a call. IOW, even if
the parties are calm and cooperative when LE gets there, whether one or
42 cops show up, the cops are legally required to haul one or both in.
And it has nothing to do with protecting the cops or attempting to
direct the response by LE, but rather, a protection of the victim (or
supposed "victim," as the case may be).
TC,
R
Tom