Abbotsford police use Valentine s Day to highlight rise in domestic violence
In 2020, Abbotsford police responded to 1,376 calls related to domestic violence. In Vancouver, police say calls from March to May alone rose 12 per cent compared to the same time last year.
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Posted: Feb 07, 2021 7:37 PM PT | Last Updated: February 8
This Valentine s Day, police in Abbotsford, B.C., are encouraging victims of domestic violence to seek help. (Shutterstock)
A new campaign from police in Abbotsford, B.C. timed to coincide with Valentine s Day is encouraging victims of domestic violence to speak out and seek help.
Domestic violence can include physical, verbal or sexual abuse between people in a relationship, and Lisa Faria, a detective with the Abbotsford Police Department s Domestic Violence Unit, says it can also present in same sex and youth couples.
Vail remembered the article. I think it was one of my first Page 1 stories, Vail said in an interview. I was surprised to get this message out of the blue. I was surprised the baby from that story is an adult now.
Rosado grew up in Brockton and graduated from Brockton High School. When she was in her teens, she wanted to find out more about her background other than the fact she was born on a bus. She had to wait until she was 18 to get access to her adoption records, which were heavily redacted. Since then, I ve been trying to put together the pieces of her life, Rosado said of her birth mother. She found out that Faria went to college, worked for a Boston radio station and lived in Randolph.