SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - October is national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to remember victims, survivors and work to end violence.
Director of Children’s Inn, Amy Carter, says one in four women, nationwide, is likely to be abused by a partner.
Carter says Sioux Falls Police and Minnehaha County Sheriff's Deputies responded to 1.266 domestic assault calls.
The “Take Back the Night” annual observance is Thursday, October 8.