Domestic violence was one of many topics discussed during the city's public safety meeting.
“We all know someone who is going through domestic violence or who has been before. One in three people,” said Judge Monique Diaz, who presides over the 150th Civil District Court in Bexar County.
“We can’t necessarily attribute that to an increase in domestic violence," Diaz said."We know there are considerations like a population increase as well as our efforts to help our community become more comfortable with coming forward and filing these reports." “The major peak we saw in 2020, we had 36 domestic violence homicides. In 2022, we saw a total of 27 domestic violence homicides," Diaz said."Two-thirds of those were women and unfortunately three of those victims were children."
“When people reoffend, that’s when the cases of domestic violence get more dangerous. That’s when we’re seeing the escalation of violence,” Castillo said. “We really have to be keeping tabs on recidivism and those repeat offenders because they’re the most dangerous.”
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