Coordinated response to domestic violence in the King County area Law, safety, and justice agencies and community agencies within King County have collaborated to develop a coordinated response to domestic violence and to tell the community that domestic violence is not acceptable in King County. Improved communication between the legal system, victims, and batterer treatment programs creates an atmosphere and a community in which batterers are less able to manipulate the system and escape the consequences for their abusive behavior. A coordinated response also offers victims and their children a wider selection of options, so they can choose services that meet their individual needs for legal and for community support services. The key to a coordinated response is continuous, ongoing training of all agency personnel. This ensures appropriate, consistent responses that hold batterers accountable for their abusive behavior and protect the victims and their children from further violence.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women in the United States.
Our community can no longer afford to remain silent, in effect passively condoning the violence. Domestic violence can occur in any family and in any relationship. A collaborative work group, which includes domestic violence victim agencies, perpetrator treatment professionals, the King County Prosecutor's Office , the YWCA of Seattle-King County, youth serving agencies, local businesses, corporations, and community members, have joined together to develop and implement this campaign. Brochures about the Warning Signs of Domestic Violence and community service agencies are available. We will be using posters, transit ads, events, press kits, news releases, television and radio public service announcements, and a special domestic violence prevention project in the area schools as elements of the campaign.