Local leaders address domestic violence
Story by JOE GIDDENS
Photo by JOSHUA SHAVER
Twenty-seven cases of domestic violence took place on Pima Community College property between 2016 and 2018, with the Downtown Campus making up over half of these incidents, according to Pima College Police’s 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
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Pima’s annual security report was released Sept. 30, the eve of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which was launched in 1981.
“Domestic violence is the most common cause of injury to women and children,” said Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall during an Oct. 1 press conference. “And last year there were more than 15,000 reports to law enforcement.”
About 2,000 residents who are domestic violence victims and are at high risk for se...