This story is part of Stopping Domestic Violence, a CBC News series looking at the crisis of intimate partner violence in Canada and what can be done to end it. The small intimate partner violence (IPV) unit of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is used to playing the long game. Dillon was assigned to the newly-formed domestic violence unit in 2014, as part of a pilot project. Those referrals can come from frontline police officers who suspect intimate partner violence, or outside organizations like women's shelters. "It might not actually look like it's part of intimate partner violence, but because we know that address and the history of the individuals living there, we know that this is part of an escalation and intimate partner violence."

Source: CBC News March 10, 2020 08:03 UTC