Domestic Violence-related Murders Hard to Detect Beforehand

Commissioner Williams highlighted that domestic-related murders are particularly challenging for the police to prevent. He explained that the warning signs leading to these tragedies are often hard to spot in advance. However, he believes that the activities during the sixteen days of activism will encourage everyone, including police officers, to think twice and be more aware of these issues at home. 

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“It’s difficult. We’re trying our best to hold on to the conventional type of murders. The gang-related murders and so forth. Those that emanate from like clubs with drunk, with drunkenness, and so forth. And then we see these ones pop up. The domestic ones that are not within the preventative reach of the police. And those frustrates me, because, we’re out there, we’re trying, and out of the blue this one just came up. It’s tough. But, we have to continue to do what we can to hold those perpetrators accountable. I know that we’re in sixteen days of activism right now, and there is a lot being said in terms of domestic violence. very much. and gender-based violence, and so we’re hoping that what is going to be shared around this time is going to help to reduce these types of crimes, in our department, we have commissioned our local psychiatrists to go around the country and to speak with our police officers because we also saw an increase in domestic issues involving police, where a number of officers were arrested. And so again to stem that Mister Leslie is going around talking with the police officers across the country, giving them insights in terms of what they can expect or what they can do to avert issues of domestic violence..”