Number of Domestic Violence Cases Rise Dramatically Since Start of Covid

According to police authorities, cases of domestic violence in Montgomery County have increased 25% since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

MyMCM spoke with a domestic violence victim about this scourge that strikes one in three women in the United States.

For help you can contact the Montgomery County Family Justice Center at 240-773-0444 or email safe@montgomerycountymd.gov.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 800-799-7233 or you can text LOVEIS to 22522.

 

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