It remains an open secret that law enforcement officers abuse wives and children at startling rates.
(Fatherly.com) June 2, 2020, by Andrew Burmon—
Police violence in undeniable. As Black Lives Matter protests and riots erupt across the nation, video after video shows cops attacking unarmed civilians.... Read the full article here.
Thursday 4 June 2020
Monday 27 May 2019
Police 'Blue Wall of Silence' Facilitates Domestic Assault
Lack of accountability allows domestic violence to occur among police officers.
(Psychology Today) April 19, 2017, Robert T. Muller—In January 1999, Pierre Daviault, a 24-year veteran constable of the Aylmer Police Services in Quebec, was arrested on 10 criminal charges for allegedly assaulting and drugging three ex-girlfriends between 1984 and 1999. Daviault resigned from the police force a few days later, but he was only sentenced to three years’ probation, no jail time.
In their 2015 book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence authors Susanna Hope (pseudonym) and Alex Roslin describe instances of police spousal abuse within the U.S. and Canada, reporting that at least 40 percent of U.S. police officer families experience domestic violence, compared to 10 percent of families in the general population.... Read the full article here.
(Psychology Today) April 19, 2017, Robert T. Muller—In January 1999, Pierre Daviault, a 24-year veteran constable of the Aylmer Police Services in Quebec, was arrested on 10 criminal charges for allegedly assaulting and drugging three ex-girlfriends between 1984 and 1999. Daviault resigned from the police force a few days later, but he was only sentenced to three years’ probation, no jail time.
In their 2015 book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence authors Susanna Hope (pseudonym) and Alex Roslin describe instances of police spousal abuse within the U.S. and Canada, reporting that at least 40 percent of U.S. police officer families experience domestic violence, compared to 10 percent of families in the general population.... Read the full article here.
Monday 4 June 2018
"5 Stars.... Eye-Opening.... Shocking" - Reader's Favorite Review of "Police Wife"
"What Roslin reveals in Police Wife could save a person’s life….
"Informative and enlightening....
"5 stars.... eye-opening.... shocking....
"You will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief more than once, not just because of what happened, but because of what didn’t happen after a report of police domestic violence was filed."
- Review of Police Wife by Viga Boland at Reader's Favorite
"Informative and enlightening....
"5 stars.... eye-opening.... shocking....
"You will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief more than once, not just because of what happened, but because of what didn’t happen after a report of police domestic violence was filed."
- Review of Police Wife by Viga Boland at Reader's Favorite
Thursday 29 March 2018
Los Angeles Book Festival Honourable Mention for "Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence"
I'm excited to announce that my book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence (2nd ed.) has won an honourable mention in the Los Angeles Book Festival awards, in the non-fiction category.
This prize comes after Police Wife was named a finalist in the American Book Fest's 2017 Best Book Awards in November and won an honourable mention in the New England Book Festival awards.
Both editions of Police Wife have so far won eight awards in total.
The first edition of Police Wife won the Arlene Book Award for Writing That Makes a Difference, given once every three years by the American Society of Journalists and Authors; was the runner-up for the Hollywood Book Festival non-fiction book award; won silver in the eLit Book Awards; picked up bronze in the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards; and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
This prize comes after Police Wife was named a finalist in the American Book Fest's 2017 Best Book Awards in November and won an honourable mention in the New England Book Festival awards.
Both editions of Police Wife have so far won eight awards in total.
The first edition of Police Wife won the Arlene Book Award for Writing That Makes a Difference, given once every three years by the American Society of Journalists and Authors; was the runner-up for the Hollywood Book Festival non-fiction book award; won silver in the eLit Book Awards; picked up bronze in the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards; and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Inside the startling violence that takes place in police homes
(This Magazine) February 14, 2018—Domestic violence takes place in up to a staggering 40 percent of law enforcement families. But police forces mostly ignore the problem, writes investigative journalist Alex Roslin in his award-winning book, Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence. The excerpt below is adapted from the book. His 2004 article in This about an RCMP officer who killed his ex-girlfriend was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
At 3 p.m. on April 26, 2003, Crystal Judson-Brame was speaking with her mother Patty on a cell phone while walking from her car to the pharmacy in a shopping mall parking lot.
“I think I see David,” she said referring to her estranged husband David Brame, the chief of the Tacoma Police Department, just south of Seattle. Brame had just pulled into the parking lot in another car with the couple’s two children.
Crystal’s father, Lane Judson, at home with Patty, told his wife, “If she sees him [David], tell her to get the hell out of there.”
But Crystal ended the call. “I gotta’ go, I gotta’ go, I gotta’ go,” she said.
Patty Judson tried to call her daughter back seven times in the next 12 minutes, but there was no answer. In the parking lot, Crystal returned to her car. But David slipped past her into the driver’s seat and sat with his feet on the ground, stopping her from getting into her vehicle. Witnesses heard raised voices.
“Oh no, don’t. Don’t!” Crystal was overheard saying.
David Brame suddenly pulled Crystal’s head down—or she may have crouched to protect herself; it’s not clear. The police chief drew his .45-calibre Glock service pistol and shot Crystal at point-blank range behind the left ear.
Crystal fell forward, a quarter turn to the right toward the rear of the car. David then shot himself in the right temple and fell backward while the couple’s two young kids sat in the other car nearby.
The children ran to their parents, their eight-year-old daughter screaming, “Daddy shot mommy! Daddy hurt mommy!”... Read the rest of the excerpt here.
At 3 p.m. on April 26, 2003, Crystal Judson-Brame was speaking with her mother Patty on a cell phone while walking from her car to the pharmacy in a shopping mall parking lot.
“I think I see David,” she said referring to her estranged husband David Brame, the chief of the Tacoma Police Department, just south of Seattle. Brame had just pulled into the parking lot in another car with the couple’s two children.
Crystal’s father, Lane Judson, at home with Patty, told his wife, “If she sees him [David], tell her to get the hell out of there.”
But Crystal ended the call. “I gotta’ go, I gotta’ go, I gotta’ go,” she said.
Patty Judson tried to call her daughter back seven times in the next 12 minutes, but there was no answer. In the parking lot, Crystal returned to her car. But David slipped past her into the driver’s seat and sat with his feet on the ground, stopping her from getting into her vehicle. Witnesses heard raised voices.
“Oh no, don’t. Don’t!” Crystal was overheard saying.
David Brame suddenly pulled Crystal’s head down—or she may have crouched to protect herself; it’s not clear. The police chief drew his .45-calibre Glock service pistol and shot Crystal at point-blank range behind the left ear.
Crystal fell forward, a quarter turn to the right toward the rear of the car. David then shot himself in the right temple and fell backward while the couple’s two young kids sat in the other car nearby.
The children ran to their parents, their eight-year-old daughter screaming, “Daddy shot mommy! Daddy hurt mommy!”... Read the rest of the excerpt here.
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Support "Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence" With a Book Review on Amazon
I need your help. Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence needs more reviews on its Amazon page to get it in the hands of the people who need it most: families of abusive police officers and those who can help them.
Writing a review only takes a minute or two. These families are isolated, desperate for information and scared for their safety. They often have nowhere to turn for help.
Police Wife may give them a crucial lifeline and valuable safety advice. It is the only journalistically written book worldwide about why up to 40% of cops commit domestic violence, how it hurts us all and what we can do to stop it.
But the book needs more Amazon reviews to make it easier to find online. Even a short review helps a lot. Please consider taking a minute or two to help. You may do someone a lifetime of good. Here is the Amazon page for Police Wife.
The first edition of Police Wife was the winner of the prestigious Arlene Book Award for Writing That Makes a Difference, given once every three years by the American Society of Journalists and Authors. It was also a finalist in four other international book prizes:
- Hollywood Book Festival non-fiction book award (runner-up)
- eLit Book Awards (silver medal)
- INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (bronze)
- Next Generation Indie Book Awards (finalist)
More praise:
"Kudos and gratitude to Alex Roslin for speaking on behalf of the too-often silenced voices in abusive police families."
"This is a book that should be given to the wife or girlfriend of every single male police officer."
"Roslin has done an excellent job in Police Wife, painting an accurate picture of domestic violence in the police family.... Police Wife is an important read for any police officer's spouse, but is also recommended to anyone interested in a significant issue in today's society."
Buy Police Wife here on Amazon in paperback or for your Kindle.
"Kudos and gratitude to Alex Roslin for speaking on behalf of the too-often silenced voices in abusive police families."
- Leanor Johnson, sociologist, Arizona State University, former member of FBI advisory board on police stress and family violence
"This is a book that should be given to the wife or girlfriend of every single male police officer."
- Sgt. Amy Ramsay, PhD, Ontario, senior police policy analyst, former president, International Association of Women Police, founding president, Ontario Women in Law Enforcement
"Roslin has done an excellent job in Police Wife, painting an accurate picture of domestic violence in the police family.... Police Wife is an important read for any police officer's spouse, but is also recommended to anyone interested in a significant issue in today's society."
- Det. Albert F. Seng, PhD, Retired, Tucson Police Department, Arizona
Buy Police Wife here on Amazon in paperback or for your Kindle.
Monday 12 June 2017
The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence: How It Affects Us All
(Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly) Spring 2016
Abstract: This article shines a light on the extremely risky landscape on which family members of abusive police officers are forced to live. In this piece, author Alex Roslin articulates the terrifying situation endured by many spouses of domestically violent police officers as they seek protection from a partner who happens to carry a gun, because he happens to be a police officer. Among the most intractable barriers to justice is the habitual extension of “professional courtesy” as per the “thin blue line” of police officers who “protect their own.” Casting this situation in an even more dire light is the fact that the rate of abuse perpetration by police officers is 15 times higher than in the general population. © 2016, Alex Roslin.
Alex Roslin is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of the book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, 2nd Ed. (Knowlton, Quebec: Sugar Hill Books, 2016), winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ Arlene Book Award and a finalist for four other international book prizes.
Read the article here.
Abstract: This article shines a light on the extremely risky landscape on which family members of abusive police officers are forced to live. In this piece, author Alex Roslin articulates the terrifying situation endured by many spouses of domestically violent police officers as they seek protection from a partner who happens to carry a gun, because he happens to be a police officer. Among the most intractable barriers to justice is the habitual extension of “professional courtesy” as per the “thin blue line” of police officers who “protect their own.” Casting this situation in an even more dire light is the fact that the rate of abuse perpetration by police officers is 15 times higher than in the general population. © 2016, Alex Roslin.
Alex Roslin is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of the book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, 2nd Ed. (Knowlton, Quebec: Sugar Hill Books, 2016), winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ Arlene Book Award and a finalist for four other international book prizes.
Read the article here.
The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence: How It Affects Us All
(Domestic Violence Report) February/March 2016, by Alex Roslin—In 2019, in Utica, New York, police investigator Joseph Longo, Jr. killed his estranged wife Kristin Palumbo-Longo in their home, stabbing her more than a dozen times. He then stabbed himself to death. One of the couple's four children discovered the horrifying scene upon coming home from school that afternoon.
Utica's then-Police Chief Daniel LaBella said the killing was completely unexpected—an incident "no one could have prevented or predicted." But Kristin's family filed a $100-million wrongful death suit saying city and police officials did not do enough about Longo's troubling behavior before the tragedy.
Kristin had contacted police at least five times in the weeks before she was murdered, saying she feared her husband might kill her and their kids. But police supervisors discouraged her from making reports or seeking a protection order, according to the lawsuit. In a preliminary ruling, a federal judge agreed that the police actions may have "enhanced the danger to Kristin and amounted to deliberate interference." The city settled the suit in 2013, paying the couple's children $2 million.... Read the rest of the article here.
Police "Blue Wall of Silence" Facilitates Domestic Violence
(The Trauma & Mental Health Report) June 16, 2016, by Robert Muller—In January 1999, Pierre Daviault, a 24-year veteran constable of the Aylmer Police Services in Quebec, was arrested on 10 criminal charges for allegedly assaulting and drugging three ex-girlfriends between 1984 and 1999. Daviault resigned from the police force a few days later, but he was only sentenced to three years’ probation, no jail time.
In their 2015 book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence authors Susanna Hope (pseudonym) and Alex Roslin describe instances of police spousal abuse within the U.S. and Canada, reporting that at least 40 percent of U.S. police-officer families experience domestic violence, compared to 10 percent of families in the general population.... Read the rest of the article here.
In their 2015 book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence authors Susanna Hope (pseudonym) and Alex Roslin describe instances of police spousal abuse within the U.S. and Canada, reporting that at least 40 percent of U.S. police-officer families experience domestic violence, compared to 10 percent of families in the general population.... Read the rest of the article here.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Canada's “Secret Epidemic” of Police Domestic Violence
Jacob Boon, The Coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 6, 2015
Also click here to read The Coast's "Police wives and stories of domestic assault: A Q&A with author Alex Roslin about his new book."
A new books asks whether departments are unable or unwilling to address the violence in their ranks.
Cops make terrifying villains. They’re trained in the use of physical force. They know how to find people who don't want to be found. They own, and bring home, guns. For the kind of person who craves control, it's an attractive job. And if control is one of the main drivers behind domestic violence, asks Alex Roslin, is it any surprise that cops would be violent at home?
An award-winning journalist, Roslin’s investigatory writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets. He’s been writing about police-related domestic violence for 15 years and recently co-authored Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence. The author and his research suggest Canada’s police departments are unable or unwilling to acknowledge the blight of domestic abuse within their own ranks....
Read the full article.Also click here to read The Coast's "Police wives and stories of domestic assault: A Q&A with author Alex Roslin about his new book."
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