Domestic Violence Safety Planning and Resources
How safe is your relationship?
- Is your partner violent towards you or threatens to hurt you or those you love?
- Do you find yourself making excuses or minimizing your partner's behaviors?
- Has your partner isolated you from friends or family?
- Does your partner control where you go, who you see, and what you do?
- Do you blame yourself (or drugs or alcohol or stress) for your partner's violent behaviors?
- Does your partner harm or threaten to harm your children?
- Do you ever lie to hide your partner's behavior (saying you fell down the stairs when you were actually pushed)?
- Does your partner humiliate you in public?
- Do you fear going home?
If the answer to any of these is "yes", you may want to consider talking with someone about your relationship. Nobody deserves to be abused.
Calling the Domestic Violence HELPLINE can assist you: Actions to take
In an emergency, contact 911 and report the incident. Be sure to write down the police report/incident number and keep it.
Seek medical attention. If you or your children experience trauma this is important. Have the injuries documented and photographed, if possible.
Tell someone you trust about the abuse. Go someplace safer. If you need assistance finding a safe place, call the
HELPLINE.
Make a Safety Plan, which lists ways you can increase you and your child's safety no matter where you are.
File a Domestic Violence Protection Order. For more information about protection orders, see
WA Courts website. To obtain a protection order in, call the HELPLINE.
Pierce County Domestic Violence HELPLINE Call 24 hrs a day:
(253) 272-4181 ext. 333 or
(800)764-2420
Last Updated: Jul 12, 2010 2:51 PM
