He says critical frontline services — addressing the drug and alcohol abuse, gambling addiction and mental illness that underlie many domestic assaults — have been underfunded for decades. If a male has a history of crimes of violence, of any form of domestic violence, coercion, physical, emotional, they should not have the presumption of bail," he said. “They should not get bail at all” If offenders are released into the community while awaiting court appearances, Mr Hurley says they need [mental health] support too.
'I don't think it's that hard': The former cop who says he knows how to save more domestic violence victims
Submitted 6 months ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/vincent-hurley-domestic-violence-qanda-response/103795152?
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paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
eatthecake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve never understood how these violent criminals can be let out on bail, especially when they have a target already. Stab a stranger and you go to jail but stabbing your wife is apparently a less serious offence.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Good to see a cop advocating for extra funding to community and mental health services.
Let’s hope its taken on board and the politicians do more to boost quality of life for people as well. It might help with more than just domestic violence
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Worth a read, he’s probably right. I don’t think domestic violence is committed by evil men, no one is born evil. Something needs to be done about addressing the root problem
Salvo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I think there is a lot of normalised domestic abuse.
There are also a lot of overaged boys who still believe that “boys will be boys” is acceptable societal behaviour.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I went to an all boy school. Sexist and disrespect towards women and girls pretty much went unchallenged by the majority, it was mostly hidden from the teachers but they rarely would interfere. There was an instance in year 12 where one of the prefects made a comment which was pretty disgusting at a year level assembly, a female teacher who was there I had a class with later that day took issue with it as well. The comment was supposedly a joke, however it wasn’t the sort of joke where it’s intended to be funny because the view is stupid or outdated. I probably could’ve done something about it, but I think my discontent with the student leadership and the groups involved was already established so my voice wouldn’t have carried any weight. At least it didn’t when we brought other allegations against student leadership to the head of senior school in year 11.
I’ve got no idea what those people are doing now but I can only hope they’ve changed their views
Zozano@aussie.zone 6 months ago
God damn I love people like this. We need more people with controlled, righteous fury to be put in positions to let rip.
Nath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
This was great. My biggest hesitation with all these protests about domestic violence and spending a Billion dollars combating it was that I didn’t know what was possible to do about it. Other than de-normalising violence, I couldn’t see what the point was. You can’t exactly pass a law saying it’s illegal to assault and kill people - it’s already illegal.
So, I disagree with this guy on one point: We don’t all know what immediately needs to be done. I had no clue, at least.
I love that when he was challenged, he had a list of things that needed to happen. Now. And he seems to only just be getting started. I’m sold - we need to listen to the people in the trenches who are facing domestic violence. They’re the ones who know what needs to be done.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 6 months ago
When it comes down to it, cops are the ones dealing with a lot of shit other people avoid. Like you’re saying, we should consider what they have to say about it.
Also, we should give them mental health support. It’s a stressful job with abundant opportunities for trauma. Even if we have no empathy for them, it’s in our best interest to provide tools and support to the people dealing with violent and mentally ill people. But that’s a whole other conversation.
Nath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Why on earth would we have no empathy for them? I cannot imagine what it takes to hold and comfort a 10 year old child dying in my arms who has been stabbed by their parent. With two kids around that age myself, I’d be a complete wreck! And he’s attended up to 20 domestic violence calls in a night! For years!
Nothing but respect for someone who can do that.