Waterford Gardaí say victims of domestic violence have their support.
Officers say they're seeing an increase in domestic violence incidents during the pandemic.
It comes as a new advertising campaign to encourage victims to come forward has been launched.
The 'Still Here' campaign by the Government and 12 organisations is reminding people that frontline services are still available throughout the pandemic.
Courts are still sitting and barring orders can be handed out to those who carry out the acts.
Superintendent Chris Delaney from Waterford Garda Station is urging people to contact them:
"We're very conscious of allocating sufficient resources to address those particular issues so people should not feel alone in any respect. They have the support of the guards and we give very strong advice to people who may be the victims of domestic violence at the scene in relation to court orders.
"We operate a callback system where officers will call back to make sure everything is calmed in a house but more importantly we have a pro arrest policy in relation to offences which are committed within a home. Our officers are instructed to really make early arrests and decisive arrests at those scenes and potentially bring people before the courts."
He says if neighbours are concerned, they should get in touch with Gardaí:
"People who may have concerns, or may be neighbours of people who may not have reported incidents like this to the guards, they would be well advised just to ring their station and say 'look I have suspicions that there may be issues in this house beside me, or two days down, I just want to let you know about it'. Even that in itself can point us in the direction that there may be something going on that maybe people are too afraid to report."
