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 **Assistance in Combating Domestic Violence** October 2019 | Volume 12 | Issue 9
  *In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the COPS  Office would like to highlight some technical assistance available to law  enforcement agencies.* The Collaborative  Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) provides  critical and tailored technical assistance resources to state, local,  territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies on a wide variety of topics,  including domestic violence. At your agency’s request, the CRI-TAC is able to  deliver personalized technical assistance by leading subject matter experts,  such as the Office on Violence Against Women/National Sheriffs’ Association  two-day training, “Response to and Investigation of Domestic Violence, Dating  Violence, and Stalking.” This training is taught by a multidisciplinary team consisting of  a law enforcement officer, a prosecutor, and a victim advocate. It covers six  main components: Lethality, Liability, Dynamics, Investigating, Interviewing,  and Federal Laws pertaining to domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking  cases. Other examples of CRI-TAC’s “by the field, for the field” assistance  include trainings on policy development, strategic planning, and peer-to-peer  exchanges. Accessing these or other CRI-TAC programs is easy. All it  takes is a request from your agency’s law enforcement executive or  representative with the following information: Name of the agency
          Number of sworn personnel
          Size of population served
          Topic and service requested
          Contact information To learn more about CRI-TAC and request technical  assistance, please visit the COPS Office CRI-TAC website. Other resources available from the COPS Office include the  following: “A  Different Response to Intimate Partner Violence” (article). In this  article, High Point (North Carolina) Police Chief Marty Sumner describes how his  agency is tackling intimate partner violence using the focused deterrence  approach.
          “Domestic Violence Focused  Deterrence” (podcast). In this podcast, Captain Ellenberger of the High  Point major crime deterrent and prevention section discusses the High Point  Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative Strategy.
          *Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in  Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: A roundtable  discussion* (report). Women and LGBT individuals are disproportionately  victimized by sexual assault and domestic violence, and underenforcement of  such offenses can reflect bias on the part of law enforcement. This publication  summarizes the August 4, 2015 roundtable discussion of the guidance provided in  a draft version of the U.S. Department of Justice's Identifying and Preventing  Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic  Violence. This summary of the roundtable reflects the opinions and  recommendations of the law enforcement officials, victim advocates, and subject  matter experts who attended.
          “Law Enforcement Strategies  for Addressing Domestic Violence” (podcast). In this podcast, Rachel  Braunstein, an attorney at Her Justice, discusses domestic violence and  provides helpful tips, strategies, and tools for law enforcement.
          “The Link Between Animal  Cruelty and Domestic Violence” (podcast). In this podcast, Dr. Randall  Lockwood, senior vice president for Forensic Sciences and Anti-Cruelty Projects  for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, discusses  the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.
          
          *Police-Community Partnerships to Address Domestic  Violence* (report). Through the philosophy and practice of community  policing, some law enforcement agencies are seeking to improve their  effectiveness at dealing with domestic violence by forming police-community  partnerships to enhance their response options. The Police Executive Research  Forum (PERF), with funding from the COPS Office, explored the nature, function,  and impact of such police-community partnerships. The research shows that  partnerships between police and community partners have made improvements in  the way that agencies communicate with each other and in how they focus their  energies on improving the safety of victims of domestic violence. This  publication highlights such initiatives around the country that can be  replicated to better address domestic violence.
          *Problem Oriented Policing Guide: Domestic  Violence* (report). Domestic  disputes are some of the most common calls for police service. Many domestic  disputes do not involve violence; this guide discusses those that do, as well  as the measures that can be used to reduce them. In the United States, domestic  violence accounts for about 20 percent of the nonfatal violent crime women  experience and 3 percent of the nonfatal violent crime men experience. This is  an essential tool for law enforcement to help analyze and respond to their  local problem.
          “Transforming  an Agency to Respond to Domestic Violence” (article). This article covers  the importance of organizationally changing an agency to focus on domestic  violence.
          “Using  a Focused Deterrence Strategy with Intimate Partner Violence” (article).  This article is a follow-up to a previous article regarding the offender focused  domestic violence initiative. Tweet
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