Clarke: NYPD responds to 770 domestic violence calls daily
The NYPD responds to a staggering number of domestic violence reports — 770 every day — according to U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, who recently held a forum with experts and elected officials to come up with ways to address the problem.
Clarke (D-Central Brooklyn) said she sponsored the Forum on Domestic Violence Awareness on Oct. 14 to provide residents with information about preventing domestic violence and to offer survivors the resources needed to reclaim their lives. The forum took place at the Brooklyn Museum.
“The problem of domestic violence threatens us in every community in the United States. In New York City, the police department responds to 770 reports of domestic violence every day. Those reports amount to 281,000 incidents each year. We must end the pervasive silence about domestic violence that continues to prevent survivors from accessing critical services and allows these attacks to continue,” Clarke said.