A new department memo, obtained by the New York Post, requires NYPD officers to run warrant and criminal background checks on any domestic violence accuser brave enough to call the police. "We have every right to arrest that person at that moment," said a law enforcement source. Again, that's the victim, too, not just the alleged abuser. "That is very, very frightening," said a lawyer who represents abused women. "It would absolutely dissuade people. They would not report a crime because they would fear getting locked up. It would empower the perpetrator, and there's going to be more domestic violence as a consequence, and you're endangering children." As if domestic violence weren't unreported enough already.
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