59 According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) Punishment is often very severe for domestic violence concerning police officers.
(B)Police officers will be automatically fired for battering their spouses.
(C)Domestic violence has long been treated more leniently than other forms of misconduct.
(D)Domestic violence has been treated aggressively in the police departments.

When the police chief in Tacoma, Wash. shot and killed his wife in a parking lot after years of abusing her, the shock from that event 10 years ago mobilized national support for a more  aggressive好鬥的；富於攻擊性的；挑釁的, 積極進取 response to domestic violence in police households.

While police officers today are more aware意識到 of the problem, the following is also true: In many departments（組織或機構中的）部，系，處，科，室, an officer will automatically機器, 自動地, 無意識 be fired for a positive有希望、積極、確定的、檢測結果, （醫學檢驗）呈陽性的、完全 marijuana大麻 test, but can stay on the job after abusing or battering猛擊 a spouse配偶.

In the wake of the Tacoma killing, the International Association of Chiefs of Policestrengthened增強 its efforts to persuade departments to adopt a set of model rules on domestic violence in their own ranks地位, 職位；官階.  

Responding to concerns that domestic violence had long been treated more leniently（處罰或判決）寬容的，寬大 than other forms of misconduct行為, 不當行為；失職, the organization called for zero tolerance for abusers, tougher翻譯：堅強的, 結實 pre-employment screening and a separate單獨的，不同的, （使）分離 set of procedures程式；步驟 to ensure rigorous縝密的, 嚴密 investigation of every accusation指控，控告；指責.  

But police departments have been slow to adopt the rules. And while most officials say they treat domestic abuse by officers as they would any other form of misconduct, interviews and disciplinary紀律的；懲戒 records indicate表明, 標示 that, in fact, punishment is often light and job loss uncommon. Only a quarter of the 56 largest city and county police departments that responded to a recent survey have a distinct顯著的 policy for domestic violence involving officers. And only one, Nashville, has adopted the entire model policy, according to the survey, conducted by The New York Times and the PBS investigative news program “Frontline.”

Three others — Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; and Columbus, Ohio — follow most of its provision供給；準備, 法律, 規定.