Wrecker drivers across the bayou help several victims a month as they’re ‘Breaking Free’ of domestic violence. domesticviolence kprc2 click2houston breakingfree
“Having wrecker drivers that are out there interacting with the public all the time, and often in some very precarious situations where you have domestic violence victims in car accidents or out at a scene where law enforcement is already there, to be able to give them a bag with resources in it that can help them change their lives to get out of domestic violence is what this is all about,” says Constable Rosen.
Denson adds, “We have people call. We’ve had people send texts. I’ve had an email that read, ‘Hey, can you drop it off at my neighbor’s house? Because I can’t have it at my house.’ and we’ve done exactly that.”“We can call on our wrecker friends our wrecker community to go over there and get that person out of that domestic violence situation,” says the Constable. “So and they’re willing to do it gratuitously for free and that’s putting your money where your mouth is.
“We supply them with a just-to-know. ‘Hey, you’re safe. You know we can get law enforcement here if you need somebody. If you’re in direct, you know, danger we can we can kind of shield that a little bit for you. We’re not putting ourselves in a position of that, but I can put you in my truck and get you out of here. If we need to right now,’” Denson tells us. “We care. There are people out there that want to help you, don’t be afraid to ask.
The program is growing in popularity, and wrecker crews from across the nation are calling Houston crews to get the program running in their cities.
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