Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is an annual event held each May to raise community awareness of the social and personal impacts of domestic and family violence and the support available to those affected.
Police have enlisted pawsome brother and sister duo Evans and Wendy the springador police puppy recruits to help promote a clear message of no tolerance of domestic and family violence in Queensland communities and educate the community on the different relationships that exist.
Domestic violence relationships include:
an intimate personal relationship—two people (regardless of gender) who are, or were, a couple, engaged, married, in a de facto relationship, the parents of a child or in a registered relationship (a legally recognised relationship between two people regardless of gender)
a family relationship—two relatives (by marriage or blood), including a child over 18, parent, stepchild, stepparent, brother, sister, (just like Evans and Wendy) grandparent, aunt, uncle, nephew or niece, as for some community