Canberra men can take an oath to never commit, excuse or stay silent about violence against women this weekend.
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ACT Policing will hold its annual Men in Uniform stalls ahead of White Ribbon Day (November 25) , which is the main event in the national campaign to end male-perpetrated violence.
Police will set up stalls at shopping centres around the capital, including Woden, Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Civic and Gungahlin.
They are encouraging Canberrans to buy a white ribbon, take an oath or donate money towards domestic violence prevention initiatives.
ACT chief police officer Rudi Lammers, who is a White Ribbon ambassador, said men in uniform wanted to send a clear message that police would not tolerate family violence.
"Stand up, speak out, and break the cycle of family violence - that's our message to the community," chief police officer Lammers said.
"As first responders to family violence incidents, we see the effects of violence against women on families.
"But this is not just a police problem, it's a whole-of-community problem."
Police fielded 3309 reports of domestic violence in the past financial year, which was 197 more reports than the previous 12 months.
Chief police officer Lammers said the increase was encouraging as it meant more people felt confident to report those kinds of offences.
"We want to encourage more people to pick up the phone and call police up if they know someone who might be suffering family violence."
Domestic Violence Crisis Service ACT
Client service coordinator Dearne Weaver said women could call the crisis line anonymously and as many times as they needed to.
"You can talk to someone and no-one has to know," she said.
"Each time you reach out you'll have more information about what supports are available."
Ms Weaver said women affected by domestic violence often battled feelings of shame, guilt and failure or thought they could help their partners "get to a better place".
She encouraged women to fight any instinct to isolate themselves and to maintain a strong social network.
"The more external supports you have, the more help you have when it comes to a crisis point."
Executive director Mirjana Wilson said there was no "typical" person affected by domestic violence.
"We provide assistance to anyone within the ACT regardless of age, gender, race, culture, gender orientation or religion."
Domestic Violence Crisis Service ACT, 6280 0900.
