The first thing you should do is call a lawyer. If a police officer or investigator tries to speak to you or get you to provide a statement, do not speak with them. Ask to speak with a lawyer first. The initial statements given to the first arriving officer in a domestic violence situation are often the most important statements in the investigation. So the best thing to do is remain silent. You are almost never going to talk a police officer out of arresting you in a domestic violence case. Someone is usually going to go to jail in that circumstance, especially if both parties are on the scene at the time the police arrive.
Domestic violence is among the most common crimes charged at the state level. But there is no actual crime called domestic violence. Domestic violence refers to the relationship between the accused and the victim. And sometimes, domestic violence doesn’t even have to be violent.