Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network - Police Domestic Violence

 

 

Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network - Police Domestic Violence

 

If you are a victim of domestic violence, before you use the internet to look for help or information, please take the time to look up internet safety from a safe computer.

 

To contact someone directly for what you need:

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THE PROBLEM:

HOW OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS DIFFERENT - From LifeSpan's website - Some basic differences for those who can't imagine why this area of domestic violence needs to be addressed any differently - Pages 1, 2, and 3.

THE EMERGENCY:

PHOTO DISPLAY OF OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITIES

Some of the lives lost over just the past few years. Unfortunately, it is updated regularly. The photoshow also has a page on Myspace. Maintained and updated by OIDVN.

POLICE FAMILY VIOLENCE FACT SHEET - from The National Center for Women and Policing - "Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general population...." This research is old. We need new studies. It's all we have so we quote it, but I'm not satisfied with the scale or method. Most law enforcement agencies do not keep specific count of officer-involved domestic violence incidents.

 


THE PROGRESS:

    

LANEJUDSON.COM

Lane's daughter Crystal Judson (Brame) was shot by her estranged husband - Tacoma Washington's police chief - in his murder-suicide. Lane made his daughter a promise as she lingered in the hospital for a week before she died. This is the most informative collection of accomplished changes and progress since that tragic day.

Lane Judson

Father of Crystal & Domestic Violence Activist

Email

 

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THE INS-AND-OUTS:
    

ABUSE OF POWER

"This website is for and by women who have been abused by intimate partners who are police officers or firefighters." Update - Front page now reads: "THE clearinghouse on police-perpetrated domestic violence ...dedicated to providing advocacy, training & consulting services specific to police-perpetrated domestic violence." There's a lot here - and the best way to discover how much is to go explore her site.

Diane Wetendorf

Consultant, Trainer, Author

Email

 


OIDV NEWS BLOGS

    

NEW YORK AND OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

 

 

 

 


OIDV ON

 

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING!!!!

DANIEL HIERS FUGITIVE - Page dedicated to locating a Charleston [SC] officer who was facing molestation charges, resigned, killed his wife Ludimila Hiers, then disappeared. U.S. Marshals believe fellow officers helped him abscound. Maintained by a Detective who wants to find him.

IN MEMORY OF PATSY TINSLEY BRADLEY - (2005) Patsy's husband ex-Woodfin [NC] Police Chief has not been charged with her death yet, but was charged a month after her death with domestic assault of Patsy. Page is maintained by her brother.

 [RI] DETECTIVE TORI-LYNN HEATON - "I am a police Detective in Rhode Island and I've been in the biz for 18+ years. I am a survivor of Domestic Violence perpetrated by the hands of fellow police officer..."

JUSTICE FOR BARBARA-DENIED! - Page successful in helping get St. Paul Minnesota's Police Dept's civilian employee Aaron Foster indicted for the murder of Barbara Winn. Crucial evidence was withheld so he was found "not guilty," and some Jurors cried when they learned the facts afterwards. Maintained by Barbara's sister-in-law Patty Bruce. Also see Patty's incredible website for Barbara and Barbara's justice at her more comprehensive dot com site

MICHIGAN OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - This is the Myspace counterpart to the Michigan Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Corp Blog, formed to assist victims and fight for change. Successfully and gloriously doing that.

FIND STACY PETERSON - Stacy was Bolingbrook Illinois Sgt Drew Peterson's 4th wife who remains missing. His 3rd wife, Kathleen Savio, was murdered and her death is under investigation. Maintained by Stacy Peterson's sister Cassandra Cales. (Kathleen needs a page.)

OFFICERS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT DV "We are a few that have come together to raise awareness, promote education, and seek justice for those who have been hurt on our watch, behind the Blue Wall." Maintained by a survivor of oidv, Maria DiGiovanni - not a law enforcement officer.

JUSTICE FOR DETROIT'S ROSE COBB - The arrested hitman said he was hired by Rose's husband Detroit Michigan Police Sgt. David Cobb. Cobb was not arrested due to lack of evidence. UPDATE: Sgt Cobb found dead hanging from tree in a park. Maintained by Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network.

AUSTIN TYLER VISION OF LIFE FOUNDATION - 4year old Austin was shot and killed in his father's - Albany Gerogia police officer Andrew Hayslip's - murder-suicide, right in front of Austin's mother - who was also shot trying save her son. Maintained by Austin's mother, Ladonna Wilkerson.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ERIN - Erin LeeAnn (Wade) Jones murdered by her Dodge City, Kansas Police officer boyfriend, Christopher Tahah (2007). Maintained by Erin's mother.

DEDICATION PAGE TO BECKY TORRES - Rebecca "Becky" Torres was shot and killed by her Flint [MI] Firefighter husband. Her family waits for justice with broken hearts.

JUSTICE FOR JENNI - After breaking up with her Tulsa Oklahoma Police Sgt. boyfriend, Stephen Boyes, Jennifer Herd was found dead with a single gunshot wound to her head and her case remains open.

FOR MY ANGEL BABY SIS, KLEO (2007) - Cook County Illiniois Deputy Sheriff Kleo Barrett murdered by an ex-boyfriend. Maintained by Kleo's brother.

JESSIE & CHLOE DAVIS - Slain by Canton [OH] Police Officer: Jessie Davis & full-term baby Chloe Davis

NYPD OFFICER SONIA GARCIA - Sonia was killed while alone with her New York Police Department fiance'. He has finally been arrested and charged.. Maintained by Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network [OIDVN]

ALYSSA EICKMEIER - Baby Alyssa died after being brutally beaten by her mother's boyfriend, a Kansas City [MO] police officer Nicholas Minet (2006). Page is maintained by a family friend.

 


BLOGS FOR 2 SLAIN OIDV VICTIMS:

[MI] PAMELA AUKERMAN BRAINARD - slain in murder-suicide of husband, Plainwell Michigan Police officer Kevin Brainard. Maintained by Michigan Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Corp [MIOIDV].

[MI] LORI MEULMAN DEKLEINE - murdered by her husband, Holland Michigan Police Officer Ken DeKleine. Maintained by Michigan Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Corp [MIOIDV].

 

 


MORE INFO:

(888) COPSCOP SAVES OFFICERS' LIVES (and those they might have taken with them)

BADGE OF DISHONOR
SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER'S SPECIAL REPORT series of articles on officer involved domestic violence

POLICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A HANDBOOK FOR VICTIMS
From Abuse of Power, Diane Wetendorf

YOUTUBE OFFICER INVOLVED DV VIDEO COLLECTION
More than 450 officer-involved domestic violence videos

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY POLICE OFFICERS (PDF)
Domestic violence model policy and commentary by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. July 2003. 8 pages.

 

 

 

AVAILABLE GRANT MONEY:

GRANT TITLE: STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT GRANT (VAWA)
[Excerpt] ...To provide funding to law enforcement agencies, nonprofit nongovernmental victim services providers, and State, tribal, territorial, and local governments, (which funding stream shall be known as the Crystal Judson Domestic Violence Protocol Program) to promote:

  • The development and implementation of training for local victim domestic violence service providers, and to fund victim services personnel, to be known as "Crystal Judson Victim Advocates," to provide supportive services and advocacy for victims of domestic violence committed by law enforcement personnel;
  • The implementation of protocols within law enforcement agencies to ensure consistent and effective responses to the commission of domestic violence by personnel within such agencies (such as the model policy promulgated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police ['Domestic Violence by Police Officers: A Policy of the IACP, Police Response to Violence Against Women Project' July 2003]
  • The development of such protocols in collaboration with State, tribal, territorial and local victim services providers and domestic violence coalitions...

 

 

FROM WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATORS:

 

A LETTER TO ALL STATES

 

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OTHERS WHO INCLUDE OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR WIDER PROJECTS:

THE PITTSBURGH WOMEN'S BLOGGING SOCIETY - "...It all began with an excuse to get Maria to have coffee with me. I dubbed it the Pittsburgh Women's Blogging Conference..." (38 women contribute to this blog, including activists who helped push Pittsburgh to establish a police domestic violence policy.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN POLICE FAMILIES
Page from Purple Berets domestic violence website

IF YOUR BATTERER IS A COP
Another page from Purple Berets

 


NOTABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES:

RIPLEY TENNESSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT

Ripley addesses police officer-involved domestic violence on their website. They are the only department that I know of that does... 12.9 square miles of hope.

 CHICAGO ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT'

The Chicago Police Department has established an independent unit within the Office of Professional Responsibility. Attorney, Advocate Jan Russell says, "Currently, I work for the Chicago Police Department advocating for victims of domestic violence who are abused by members of the department -- primarily battered women abused by Chicago cops..."

 

A FEW OREGON LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PROACTIVE

The Eugene Police Department & Lane County Sheriff's Office have adopted a zero tolerance police domestic vioence policy. Last I heard, Springfield was also considering some policy refining. The agencies were motivated by the Tacoma Washington tragedy of Police Chief David Brame's murder-suicide on his wife Crystal. It's brilliant to not wait until after a tragedy. Leaders lead.

 

Updated on 10/24/2008

 

Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network - Police Domestic Violence