Complex issues behind increasing domestic disputes in Peel

The number of family dispute calls received by Peel police rose from 5,398 in 2014 to 7,172 last year, a 33 percent increase in five years. A similar trend is observed in intimate-partner disputes, which increased 23 percent, from 8,107 in 2014 to nearly 10,000 in 2018.

“It’s an unfortunate reality, and it’s not just this community,” says Chuck MacLean, executive director Family Services of Peel. “The thing about intimate partner violence [is] it doesn’t have any boundaries; it covers all ranges, it could be anybody. It’s like an onion — there’s so many different layers and therefore reasons why it may occur.”

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Calls involving domestic disputes — between family members or intimate partners — are far and away the biggest reason people call police in Peel Region.

Solving the issues behind domestic violence, which cut across culture and class, in an incredibly diverse region, isn’t easy. But Family Services of Peel has some proactive ideas.

Published on June 17, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton