When it comes to intimate partner violence, very often police may misinterpret, but I want to tell you what our experience has been with the women we've worked with who have told us their stories. It's that very often the police officers don't take their intimate partner violence seriously, and they are left to be victims. In fact, we can show you story after story in which police didn't properly approach situations in a careful way, and women ended up dead. It isn't always a clear case, and I know that intimate partner violence is a very tough thing, because it usually means that people who are trying to be controlling and trying to be coercive with their partners do not let the outer world, including police services, see what's happening.
I'm probably going to be the person who tells you that I think there will be far more police looking and not seeing the coercive control than there are going to be those who have overstepped and are charging people.
I agree with what the previous speaker said too, that the justice system is set up to protect the people who are being accused; it's not there for the victims. I think there are many places within the justice system that would help support them if they were wrongfully accused.