Community Connections: Against the Grain

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and, here on Back2Us Radio, domestic violence (or as some call it “Intimate Partner Abuse”) is always on our radar.  There has been a lot of public outcry in news about domestic violence and NFL players; but, there is almost zero public outcry for law enforcement spouses who are victims of domestic violence.  In fact, when a reporter was working on a story about domestic violence in law enforcement was shocked to learn that there had not been any studies done on this since the early 1990s.  

In 2013, an article in the New York Times reported  "In many departments, an officer will automatically be fired for a positive marijuana test, but can stay on the job after abusing or battering a spouse…” and this same investigation also revealed “nearly 30 percent of the officers accused of domestic violence were still working in the same agency a year later, compared with 1 percent of those who failed drug tests and 7 percent of those accused of theft."

Today, Deputy Patricia Lundy, who was one of the first female deputies to patrol in Sumter County GA is going to join us to talk about her fight to enter a male dominated profession and her newly formed non-profit organization Moving Forward Ministries that is dedicated to working with law enforcement spouses who are victims of abuse.  I mean, who do you call when your abuser is the police?  Tune in to this show!

Connect with Deputy Patricia Lundy on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moving-Forward-Ministries/1496355183938693) or on Twitter: @StayMoving4ward