Who Watches the Watchers: Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement
Leigh Goodmark
Fri, 04/21/2023
The average messaging of most anti-violence organizations include some variation on the following: “If you are in immediate danger, call 911.” Embedded in directing a victim of violence to call 911 is a key assumption—that law enforcement will make that person safer. But the headlines regularly feature stories of law enforcement officers accused of abuse: of thei