00:00A now viral dashcam video appearing to show a man identified as Joel assaulting a female passenger is now the
00:08subject of a police report.
00:10The report was filed at the Cooper Police Station and officers attached to the Special Victims Unit Region 2 have
00:18initiated an investigation.
00:21Police are appealing to members of the public not to share the video further in the interest of the victim's
00:27dignity and privacy.
00:30Meantime, the TTPS is reminding women experiencing domestic abuse that abuse is not limited to physical violence, but can include
00:38threats, intimidation, insults and controlling behavior.
00:43Victims are advised not to suffer in silence, but to report abuse at any police station or the Special Victims
00:51Unit.
00:52Victims are also advised to have a trusted confidant to confide in and to agree on a code word with
00:59your confidant, which would signal you need help.
01:02Police are also urging victims where it is safe to preserve threatening messages, voice notes, photographs and videos, which could
01:11be used as evidence in an investigation.
01:14Victims can also apply to the Magistrates Court for a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act.
01:21Anyone finding themselves in immediate danger should call 999.
01:27Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
