Recommendation: 1. Organize in-depth trainings concerning issues of genderbased violence and domestic violence.
Other Problems with Police Response There are many examples of violations by police. These violations are not necessarily violations of the law since the law or the internal police mechanisms do not address these behaviors. However, given best practices for dealing with DV, the police actions are completely inappropriate. Even when the law demands action, police do not enforce it. For example, if a victim is pregnant and the abuser beats her, the abuser must be detained and charged since that is a serious crime under the criminal law. Instead the police give an EIO for a mere 10 days. Further, we often hear that police demean the victim and blame her for the violence during their interviews and then their reports diminish the gravity of the incident. Due to a lack of training about trauma and its impacts, the police do not take into accounts that victims are traumatized and manifesting symptoms of traumatic injury, such as difficulty in remembering, concentrating, expressing herself or making decisions. In another case of serious abuse, including inciting a suicide attempt, the abuser received only an EIO for 7 days. In yet another case, the victim ran away from the abuser to save her life, but had to leave behind her 5 underage children. When she came back to see the children, the husband called the police who gave the woman an EIO for 20 days. We also have
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