In AZ as far as I know the police are going to check to see who has the most signifigant damage. They will look for defensive wounds,cuts and the such.
They will listen and companre stories collect facts and the person with the least amount of wounds is going to jail. If the wounds are so signifigant and the spouse doesn't want to press charges the police can take the other to jail.
I caution you though. Vernetta never came into work with any visible marks or wounds. So calling the police in her matter wouldn't work. Furthermore if the police were called on my part and she failed to press charges and the police felt so inclined and didn't sense any kinda impending danger they *could* arrest me for filing a false police report!
-Matthew |