DETROIT – Many buildings in Downtown Detroit have taken on various hues of purple in an effort to bring awareness to domestic violence. Kyla Williams is in charge of the domestic violence unit for the Detroit Police Department. “Across the country.”While nationally, domestic violence has gone up since the coronavirus pandemic started. The domestic violence unit has been assigned 7,510 cases as of October 18. In 2019, the domestic violence unit was assigned 7,960 cases from January through Oct. 20 and submitted 3,711 cases to the prosecutor’s office.