You're still making a bet here that the abuser will be the statistic and not you. There are plenty of examples where the police don't protect the abuse victim.

You're still making a bet here that the abuser will be the statistic and not you. There are plenty of examples where the police don't protect the abuse victim. I agree that you shouldn't just sit back and do nothing, but it is a FACT that domestic violence situations can escalate in a horrible way when people show up with a gun. If they sent community resource officers (not pointing pistols/rifles at people) around that would be a nice option to de-escalate but most departments I know of don't do that.