ms. alsobrooks, as you watch the news, it looks like violence is out of control in our communities.lth issues at the root of them or they are repeat offenders. what is your strategy, and how have you changed your strategy for dealing with the violent cases that are domestic in nature? >> so the reality is that crime is declining. that is the interesting thing. we've had a 40% decline in homicides over the last four years or so. and what we've noticed is that as the crimes decline, we see family cases kind of rise to the top. this is what is left. and we know that we must employ a different strategy to deal with violence in families. we've worked with the county government, the county executive's office has been phenomenal in offering resources through the department of family services, meeting the family where it is, saying these crimes can't be resolved in a courthouse or even at a police station. we have to go to these families, where the need is, and to begin to -- the only way to address it is to understand. you know, you can't address a problem that you don't understand. and we