Ohio study claims Domestic Violence laws are not enforced

PowerPhone, Inc., a leader in emergency call handling solutions, offers courses which teach 9-1-1 dispatcher’s how to handle Domestic Violence calls.

Ohio has created a culture of tolerance for domestic violence by not enforcing the laws on its books and often treating the crimes with leniency, a newspaper investigation found.

A four-month investigation by The Columbus Dispatch whose results were published Sunday found that 45 percent of about 75,000 domestic violence responses by law enforcement in 2008 ended without an arrest. The figure is close to the national average, and comes despite the fact that Ohio law enables arrests to be made in cases of domestic violence.

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