The catch-and-release policy makes it possible for men to kill women. There's absolutely nothing protecting us.
In my case, 30 years ago, I called the police about my abusive partner at least 20 times. All the police reports about it are there. The police even asked me questions right in front of him.
When women are in the presence of their abuser, they're afraid to answer officers' questions because they know the police will arrest their abuser and then let him go. That can put a woman's life in even more danger. The man gets even madder at her because the police have intervened. Once he's released, he gets a hundred times crazier. That's why women no longer want to call the police. Just calling the police puts women's lives at even greater risk. I don't like saying that, but that's how it is. Quite frankly, it's the fact that the man is subsequently released that puts the lives of women at even greater risk.