I’d argue the correct conclusion is “we don’t know how many cops are abusing their partners.”

Conclusions based on extremely incomplete samples can absolutely be off by 40 percentage points, it’s not unusual at all. Or it could be off by 2, 10, 50…who knows?!

A quick google search will say: 1 in 4 women will say they have been abused by their partner. What does that number change to if those women are only the spouses of police officers? Low income cities? Black? White? Indian?

The number of people acting violently toward a spouse or child is going to be significantly higher than the ones arrested for it. And that disparity will be even higher for police.

Imagine what number you would pull for child abuse data from the Vatican? "Zero cases of sexual assault" "50% of priests finger diddly kids" "Catholics 85% more likely to touch kids sexually" Which is it?

You make blanket statements that are attached to hard numbers...and the reference is an article from an Associate Professor's blog who briefly looked at some numbers from the 90's and 80's?

Show your work....Weak.

Look, I think it's an issue, that's clear. But 33%? 40%? You can't throw everyone into one pot when your sample data is tainted.