Overview
- Police in Melbourne’s south-east handled 161 family-violence call-outs in one week last month across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia.
- Officers made 95 arrests and charged 58 people, and said six of those arrested were repeat offenders.
- Police logged 290 offences, most for breaching intervention orders and 26% for assaults, and reported more non-fatal strangulation and stalking often carried out via phones and social media.
- The week featured severe cases, including an alleged strangulation with a hammer threat and attempted arson, an armed robbery with guns seized, and a dog killing, with the accused remanded.
- State data recorded more than 105,000 family-violence incidents in the year to September 30, up 3.2%, and the latest budget funded $3.5 million for home-security upgrades.