Intimate Partner (Domestic) Violence

Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence, can be a single abusive event or a pattern of coercive behavior used as revenge or to control, punish, or intimidate an intimate partner.  It can occur to anyone, any age, gender, race, religion, culture, or sexual orientation.  Domestic violence can take many forms, including abuse that is verbal, physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, and/or financial.

No one should suffer abuse from a loved one, but if you are, the Denver Police Department and many others are here to help.

The Denver Police Department has a specialized investigative unit dedicated to domestic violence crimes and a Victim Assistance Unit that have partnered with the Rose Andom Center which is a centralized location where community-based organizations and city government agencies work collaboratively to serve victims of domestic violence.  

What Are The Signs Of An Abusive Relationship?

Does your partner:

• Tell you that you can never do anything right?
• Show extreme jealousy of your friends and/or try to limit your time spent away?
• Keep you or discourage you from seeing friends or family members
• Insult, demean, or shame you with put-downs?
• Take your money or refuse to give you money for necessary expenses?
• Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
• Control who you see, where you go, or what you do?
• Prevent you from making your own decisions?
• Tell you that you are a bad parent or threaten to harm or take away your children?
• Prevent you from working or attending school?
• Destroy your property or threaten to hurt or kill your pets?
• Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons? 
• Pressure you to have sex when you don’t want to or do things sexually you’re not comfortable with? 
• Pressure you to use drugs or alcohol?

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