The Calgary Police Service held its second Safer Communities Lecture Series Thursday night at the Village Square Leisure Centre in the northeast.
The lectures are a CPS District 5 initiative held in northeast Calgary communities. They cover a number of topics including identity theft, fraud prevention, personal safety, home protection and traffic safety.
Tuesday's two hour discussion was called Family Conflict and the Law. A domestic conflict expert with Calgary Police as well as representatives from the Calgary Domestic Violence - the Alliance to End Violence, addressed the crowd of about 40.
Alberta leads all provinces in domestic assault, murder-suicide, and stalking incidents. November is also family violence prevention month in Alberta.
Police say up to 78 percent of people living in a community is affected by family violence.
The lecture is an ongoing conversation Calgary Police want to have with those communities, in order to open up a two-way dialogue with citizens living there.
More than 100 people attended the last meeting, but Police say they are not discouraged by tonight's lower attendance numbers.
"That's what we're hoping, is that we do get the word spread through the people who were here. Or maybe there was one person who is in a domestic violent situation who got enough hope from tonight's lecture that they can deal with their situation." said Constable Sean Lynn, District 5 Community Liaison Officer.
