A RECORD high number of monthly calls to support services over violent incidents has alarmed ACT police. But it has also coincided with calls directly to police relating to physical violence during the busy festive period not necessarily increasing. The slight decline in reports to police through December 2020 and January 2021 compared to 12 months earlier resulted in a drop from 535 to 450 incidents. But a monthly rise from 207 to 243 police calls over the new year has escalated pressure on the other agencies including the Children and Youth Protection Service, the Domestic Violence Crisis Service, the Victims of Crime Commissioner, Victims Support ACT and the Coordinator-General for Family Safety.