A $96.4 million funding will be used to expand the family and domestic violence response team operations and create a dedicated organisation to address FDV.
Police are dealing with over 140,000 domestic violence calls for service every year—an ‘enormous challenge’ for the organisation, said Steve Gollschewski.
Vincent McGovern said the less well-to-do fathers often aren’t able to afford proper legal representation and see evidence of domestic violence against them.