Another woman was turned away multiple times from reporting a DVO breach because of police staffing issues.
A domestic violence survivor who suffered a “significant assault” by her partner was told by a police officer that her complaint wasn’t valid and “to focus on being a good mother”, an inquiry has heard.
The woman said the officer listened but told her she “wasn’t prepared to just leave it as a statement” and wanted to go and speak with the perpetrator. “In her response, it actually validated his behaviour and made him feel like he could keep behaving in that way without any recourse.”The woman, who now works in domestic violence advocacy, said victims were often made to report serious assaults in busy waiting areas at the front desks of police stations, and were questioned over whether the incident was domestic violence or not.
Taylor raised an example of a pregnant woman who had been strangled and subsequently flown into Brisbane, where she delivered a stillborn baby. The victim detailed in the Red Rose Foundation’s submission to the inquiry how she was made to return to the police station multiple times to report the phone call breach. She said a female officer asked her why she was choosing to report a breach because “the respondent would most likely either try to write it off as a butt dial or someone utilising his phone as a joke”.
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