Domestic Violence Collaborative Commission

Domestic violence-related homicides across Bexar County continue to rise. The latest numbers show that in 2023, there were 33 people killed in domestic violence incidents. That number is up from 27 during the prior year. Bexar County Family Violence Prevention Services is encouraging people to speak out and ask for help when needed. How do you think the community can protect victims of domestic violence?

Texas fired basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday while he faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée.

Two years after it was created, the San Antonio and Bexar County’s Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence continues to grow.

Several downtown buildings will be lit in purple this month to draw attention to domestic violence in Bexar County.

185 Texans lost their lives to domestic violence in 2019. Then came COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, and a subsequent surge of intimate partner violence.

Approximately 1 in 11 female and 1 in 15 male high school students report having experienced physical dating violence in the last year. Young women ages…

An advocate for survivors of family violence praised a partnership between the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and the San Antonio Police Department to give…

A joint city-county collaborative was recently tasked with coming up with a plan to curb the city's domestic violence epidemic. Thirty-five people died as…