Domestic violence numbers around the holidays

SARASOTA (WWSB) - As we prepare to spend the holidays with loved ones, police are also preparing but in a different way. They are preparing to respond to all those corresponding incidents of domestic violence.

Last year, there were 34 people charged with domestic violence across Tampa Bay on Christmas Day. That was up from 23 from the year before. So what can be done, if anything, to keep these numbers from rising?

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