Police officers forced to choose between emergency family violence calls

By Tammy Mills
Updated July 30 2015 - 10:58am, first published 10:27am
A man arrested in a family violence call out. Photo: Penny Stephens
A man arrested in a family violence call out. Photo: Penny Stephens

One assailant was armed with a baseball bat. The other was wielding an axe. The two desperate phone calls concerning family violence came through to a police sergeant at a busy Melbourne station at the same time.

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