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3-5-20 domestic violence arrests up in fdl

todayMarch 5, 2020

The Fond du Lac police chief is expressing concern about an increase in domestic violence arrests in the city.   Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb says there were 308 domestic violence arrests in Fond du Lac last year, up from 286 in 2018…a seven and a half percent increase.  “I was disappointed to see that increase,”  Lamb told WFDL news.  “It was disappointing in particular from the standpoint of since 2015 the number had been dropping.”  Lamb says the increase follows three consecutive years of declining domestic violence arrest rates, when the number of arrests decreased by nearly 18 percent.  Lamb says alcohol and or drugs are usually factors in the incidents.

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