Domestic Abuse Day Of Action

651 Police Scotland officers will be out in force today across Scotland to prevent domestic abuse.

Action will range from contacting high risk victims to make sure they are safe, to serving warrants on those who have been investigated. The campaign includes a range of other proactive activities to prevent abuse and to keep people safe. 

Chief Constable Sir Stephen House said:

"The festive season is traditionally a time for families, but it is also a peak time for incidents of domestic abuse. The biggest victims of domestic abuse are often the smallest. Children are often the unacknowledged victims of domestic abuse, yet for them the effects can be lifelong and devastating.

"Police Scotland will not tolerate domestic abuse, working with our many partners in the public and voluntary sector, we will tackle it and we aim to prevent it destroying the lives of its victims, and those children who too often witness this abuse.

"Our message to domestic abusers is stop, think, and think again of the effect on your family and your children. There is support out there, please use it. But understand this, if you are an abuser, there is no place to hide - we will find you."