By Nasik Swami: An award-winning local policeman says the district needs to come together to “break the cycle” of domestic violence that exists in our community. Naracoorte’s Senior Constable, Chris Mailley, who works in supporting domestic and family violence victims, says, “just one incident is too many”. “Unfortunately, domestic violence is part of society, and we can only do what we can to break that cycle, intervene, and help people,” Senior Constable Mailley said. He said the perpetrators and victims of domestic violence were “absolutely everyone” and more complex than categorising who is the perpetrator and who is the victim. “We have elderly people who have come about as a result of suffering from dementia, we get mental health and community issues, substance misuse, and so many influential factors such as finance that result in people having arguments here,” Senior Constable Mailley said. As an example, he shared a case […]