Lawsuit: DM police ignored law requiring arrests in domestic-violence cases
A Des Moines woman who was the subject of repeated acts of domestic violence is suing the city’s police department, alleging officers failed to arrest her attacker as required by state law. (Photo courtesy of Des Moines Police Department)
A Des Moines woman who was the subject of repeated acts of domestic violence is suing the city’s police department, alleging officers failed to arrest her attacker as required by state law.
The woman, suing under the assumed name Jane Doe, is accusing the department and officers Rhett R. Routh, Robert L. Crouse, Eric S. Moorman and Clint J. Dee of negligence and violating her constitutional right of equal protection under the law as a woman and a domestic-violence victim.
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