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Peaceful Dave's avatar

DV is a huge problem in the law enforcement community. I first learned of it years ago from an abuse victim whos husband was a cop. She couldn't get help from the police, they stood behind him. It is well known within the law enforcement community, but they have that blue line thing. As was previously mentioned, they shouldn't be cops, but their fellow officers stand behind them, they'll lose their job. https://www.stopvaw.org/officer-involved_domestic_violence

A restraining order is a useless piece of paper. Women typically don't buy guns to hunt or participate in shooting sports, they buy them to defend themselves. One of my daughters X husband was stalking her, she's the one who wanted me to go with her for the training, permit and to buy a gun. He stopped when he learned she was armed.

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

You bring up a very good point. Cops have a 40% higher DV rate than other professions and they're a huge obstacle in fighting DV. I agree with you, DV should prohibit one from becoming a cop. Maybe that's the subject of another article.

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