Domestic Abuse Victims Subject to Background Checks by NYPD

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Women who report domestic violence are exposing themselves to arrest under a new NYPD directive that orders cops to run criminal checks on the accused and the accuser, The Post has learned.

The memo by Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski requires detectives to look at open warrants, complaint histories and even the driving records of both parties.

"You have no choice but to lock them up" if the victims turn out to have warrants, including for minor offenses like unpaid tickets, a police source said.