New Jackson County Dashboard Reveals Tragic Spike In Domestic Violence

Here's confirmation of homegrown violence and life getting rougher for local women . . .  

"Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson today launched an interactive online public dashboard tracking domestic violence cases, showing improvement in the office’s ability to hold abusers accountable since the Prosecutor took office in January. 

"The new data shows the office has increased filing of domestic assault cases by more than 57% compared to 2016, when only 45% of domestic violence cases referred to the office were filed. This year, that number climbed to more than 70%, a nearly 30% increase from last year. And cases declined for filing are down 13%, meaning fewer victims are turned away from receiving justice."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

JaxCo: Prosecutor Johnson’s new dashboard shows increase in DV cases filed since policy change