She has become enpowered!!

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My grandson has ODD. He has anger outbursts that are very bad. He gets aggressive and takes it out on his mother. His mother has put up with and I have withstood it hoping that what we are learning weekly in family therapy will help at some point. I have seen my daughter come to me crying one time too many. I told her in July that if he hit her or abused her again I would call the police. He is going to be 10 October 24 and it is time he is made accountable by the police. That I could not withstand seeing her hurt by her own son anymore. So in July my daughter came upstairs crying. My grandson had hit her repeatedly until her leg was swallen and had a welt on it. It took the policeman about fifty minutes to get there. The policeman was nice and explained to my grandson about detention, respecting women especially his mother and that he is lucky this time. They have a program in my area for young kids so they don't get a record early on in life. He will be visited at school by a detective and he may or may not have to go to court and be subject to classes he will have to take, etc. So that was interesting but not what I felt he needed at all. The police have been called before because he refused to go to school and the cops are always nice to him and its a waste of time I think. So, time goes on and he is pretty good until one day in August when he got mad again and started hitting his mom with a broom. Ya, a broom. I was asleep. So, who should bet the strength and the where with all to actually call the police herself? My daughter!( I really never thought it would happen.) And this time the cop that came out was on the gang team and was very experienced with kids and the detention system. So he told my daughter at one point 'you have two choices. I can either take his away to detention today or we can scare him and I will hand cuff him. (YAAAA! Finally a cop with some sense!!)My daughter choice the latter. So the cop handcuffed my grandson. My grandson was scared and started to cry. And then the cop talked to him and explained that this is what it would be like, etc. It really seemed to do the trick because my grandson hasn't hit his mom again since! And when my daughter came up and told me after I woke up that she had called them and what had happened I was shocked. My mouth dropped. I really never thought she would have the nerve to do. But she had. I was so proud of her! SO the next time the police have to be called he will go to detention. He has been put on another medication that slows down his rambling thoughts and seems to be helping too. All together it has been a good few weeks. He is being alot better. What a relief! Any thoughts?