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"Members of Maine's law enforcement community say domestic violence cases are unpredictable, but said measures can be taken to try to reduce the chance of violent incidents like one that claimed the life of a New Hampshire police officer.Officer Steve Arkell was responding to a domestic between a father and son when he was killed in Brentwood, N.H., on Monday.Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce says his office tries to send two officers to domestic violence cases, but it's not always feasible. When deputies do arrive on the scene, incidents that appear under control can quickly turn violent.\"In most cases it's an act of passion, jealousy involved so with all those issues at the forefront we consider these very dangerous,\" Joyce said.Steven Edmondson investigates all domestic violence cases in Sagadahoc County for the Sagadahoc District Attorney's Office\u00A0 and has dealt with 20 so far this year. He served in the Topsham Police Department before becoming an investigator.\"It all begins with the communications office, the dispatchers who take the call. It is so critical and incumbent upon them to get as much information about the ongoing situation and relay that to the officers,\" Edmondson said.Joyce said getting all the information about a volatile situation can be tough for dispatchers to do.Edmondson said he was alarmed but not surprised with the violence in New Hampshire.\"Officers respond to these on a regular basis. We just pray that they end peacefully and unfortunately this case didn't,\" he said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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