@tippitiwichet unfortunately, it's the wolves watching the ships. If you work in a beat that has a women's shelter in it, you have to know its location because there's time where you have to respond quickly there. So your only avenue is to find a safe house that's not on anyone's radar.
@tirebiter73 Usually this was done by quietly shipping the woman to another state, very quickly, hopefully even before they realize she's gone to a shelter. Also, the safe houses tend to be on people's radar. An abusive family member in air conditioning repair brags about having worked on the AC at the shelter, and people in the neighborhood were always talking about the shelter, and exactly where it was. I was thankful they had locking gates and security cameras.