Domestic abuse calls stay the same in Fort Wayne as other crime numbers drop during pandemic

The number of domestic calls has stayed relatively steady throughout Indiana's Stay-At-Home order as calls for other types of crime have dropped in the Summit City, according to Fort Wayne Police.

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Throughout the covid-19 pandemic and the stay at home order, we e seen the calls for many crime categories trending down.however, one situ not seeing a decrease is domestic abuse.

Fox caleb saylor is live to explain why that may be and how victims can still receive help during this time.caleb..?

The number of domestic calls have stayed relatively steady in fort wayne according to fort wayne police.receiving only 5 more calls than this week last year and only 11 more than the week prior.

But the relatively steady numbers don tell the whole story.?

The steady call numbers for domestic abuse causes came as a bit of a surprise says fort wayne police sergeant sofia rosales-scatena as people are now sometimes around each other 24/7 due to the stay at home ord seen a ven significant increase in the reported domestic and domestic battery cases that we thought we may see with this directive.

With the ywca of northeast indiana says there may be a reason why calls for domestic abuse ar higher magine you e in a situation of domestic violence and now you e spending all of your time with your abusive partner in your home, it makes it very difficult to be able to reach out or help because there not really those moments where you are alone to make that private phone call asking for help.

Hotline is still getting calls for people dealing with physically abusive situations, but now the abusers are using the pandemic to isolate their victim heir abuser has been using the pandemic as a threat against leave ou can beca closed.

Thing wher would you go?

No one going to help you or i your main source of income.

I receiving unemployment right now and have any income coming in.

So, if you left, how would you the bills?

Ther no where for you to go because shelters are closed.

But rohlf says that story is not truehe ywca is still providing all of our domestic violence services.

We are certainly making adjustments to make sure that we, as well as our clients, are staying safe and working remotely in some capacities, but our crisis shelter is still an option for anyone fleeing domestic violence.

Pd are still responding to these always combating that, always asking our victims to seek help if they can and to call us when they need help.

Their full, the ywca will stile not pteyou going to turn them away if there is a safety concern..

The ywca says that some of their procedures may have chane getting creative in reaching out to peop by email, it text message, or what have you.

So if you or someone you know needs help, agencies are still willing to help.

Reporting live in fort wayne, caleb saylor fox 55 news.

The y-w-c-a is one of the few all encompassing organizations for domestic violence serving allen, dekalb, huntington, noble, wells and whitley counties.so if you or someone you know needs help, you should call 800 - 4-4-1-40-73 or email them at y-w-c-a at y- w-c-a-e-r-e-w