San Diego Criminal Attorney Blog

San Diego County's domestic violence hotline reported a 20% increase in calls in January compared to a year earlier. Worried about the rise in reports, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced new funding by the district attorney's office and other local agencies.

The campaign focuses on how to help children who are exposed to domestic violence. Officers will now be required to list any children involved in a domestic violence incident, directly or indirectly, so the children can receive counseling.

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Police and prosecutors are receiving substantial funding from special interest groups devoted to the cause of domestic violence. As domestic violence case funding increases, the cases are more aggressively prosecuted today than ever before.

San Diego officers are required to arrest a husband or wife or a boyfriend or a girlfriend, if one or the other has any visible injury upon them. The arresting officers rarely conduct a detailed investigation, assuming  the non-injured person is the only domestic abuser.

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