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Dallas Police say Operation Safe Families led to 539 domestic-violence arrests; shelters and hospitals highlight new protocols
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Dallas Police Department officials announced that 'Operation Safe Families' resulted in 539 arrests in October and described updated lethality-assessment protocols and new hospital partnerships to expand strangulation forensic exams and victim support.
An unidentified Dallas Police Department official said the department’s recent enforcement effort, Operation Safe Families, resulted in 539 arrests in October as part of a broader push to remove violent domestic offenders from Dallas streets.
Lieutenant Ashley Lee of the Domestic Violence Unit said the unit normally handles about 14,000 cases a year and has worked 11,167 cases so far this year, with an average caseload of 67 cases per detective. "Operation Safe Families not only arrested 539 suspects," Lee said, "we will cover the arrest history of the most violent arrest." Lee described arrests that include strangulation counts, repeated violations of protective orders, impersonating a public servant and multiple probation violations.
Jan Langbein, chief executive officer of Genesis Women's Shelter…
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