Ms. Magazine, October 26, 2015
In 2009, in Utica, New York, police Investigator Joseph Longo Jr. killed his estranged wife, Kristin Palumbo-Longo, stabbing her more than a dozen times in their home, then stabbed himself to death. One of the couple's four children discovered the horrifying scene on 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 didn't do enough about Longo's troubling behaviour before the tragedy....
Click here to read more of Ms. Magazine's excerpt from Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence.
You are not alone. As many as 40% of police officers have abused their intimate partner or child. Authorities mostly ignore the widespread violence. But help is out there. My award-winning book “Police Wife” explains why so many officers are abusive, what women can do to increase their safety and how we can help them. "This is a book that should be given to the wife or girlfriend of every single male police officer": Sgt. Amy Ramsay (Ret’d), PhD
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Ms. Magazine Excerpt of "Police Wife"
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