Crime & Safety

Manatee County Sheriff's Office Arrests 153 People on Domestic Violence Charges in Statewide Campaign

The following is a press release from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office: 


The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has concluded a four week operation targeting domestic violence. The operation was part of a statewide initiative by the Florida Sheriffs Task Force. 

During the operation, the Sheriff’s Office arrested 153 subjects for domestic related incidents. The statewide operation resulted in 5,544 arrests.

Operation Safe Families started on October 13 and ran through November 9. 

In 2012, there were 108,046 domestic violence offenses reported to law enforcement in Florida and 202 deaths attributed to domestic violence. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office reported 2,170 domestic violence offenses in 2012 and 5 domestic violence related deaths.



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