Officials representing local law enforcement, the court system, health care and other social services talked Friday about what Hamilton County agencies are doing well and where they need to improve their attempts to reduce domestic violence.
“I would love to eliminate it,” Regina McDevitt, executive director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Family Justice Center, said Friday at the center. “But we’ve got to have everybody at the table to do that.”
Here are a few key takeaways from the speakers on Friday’s panel.
1. Domestic violence is a cycle.
In many cases, people committing acts of domestic violence experienced or saw it themselves earlier in their lives, officials said.