Police Officer-Involved Domestc Violence / Abuse - Police Domestic Violence
Police Officer-Involved Domestc Violence / Abuse - Police Domestic Violence
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THE PROBLEM:
HOW OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[OIDV] 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
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...."
THE EMERGENCY:
PHOTOSHOW OF OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITIES - A collection of some of the lives lost over just the past few years. Unfortunately, it is updated regularly. (The link above takes you to a version better formatted for accompanying presentations.)
THE PROGRESS:
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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. |
Life changed April 26, 2003. |
THE INS-AND-OUTS:
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"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. |
Web site of consultant/ trainer/ author Diane Wetendorf (1-847-749-2560). |
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...
OIDV
NEWS BLOGS
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BLOGS FOR 2
SLAIN OIDV VICTIMS:
[MI] PAMELA AUKERMAN BRAINARD - slain in murder-suicide of husband, Plainwell Michigan Police officer Kevin Brainard.
[MI] LORI MEULMAN DEKLEINE - murdered by her husband, Holland Michigan Police Officer Ken DeKleine
MYSPACE PAGES
DANIEL HIERS FUGITIVE
- Page dedicated to locating a Charleston [SC] officer who was facing molestation
charges, resigned, killed his wife Ludimila Hiers, then disappeared.
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TACOMA SAID IT WAS A PRIVATE MATTER - Page centered on national cases of officer-involved dv - started as a page regarding Tacoma Washington's Police Chief David Brame's muder-suicide of his wife Crystal. |
IN MEMORY OF PATSY TINSLEY BRADLEY - (2005) Patsy's husband ex-Woodfin [NC] Police Chief has not been charged
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[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 getting St. Paul [MN] Police Dept's Aaron Foster indicted. Crucial evidence was withheld so he was found "not guilty." Some Jurors cried when they learned the facts afterwards. Hosted family member Patty Bruce.
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MICHIGAN OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Page by Renee Harrington for all victims in Michigan. I wish we had 49 others like her for the other states - as dedicated to OIDV victims & activism. |
FINDSTACYPETERSON - Site set up by Stacy Peterson's sister Cassandra Cales. Stacy is Bolingbrook [IL] Sgt Peterson's 4th wife who is missing. (His 3rd wife was murdered and under investigation.) Hosted by Stacy's sister.
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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." |
JUSTICE FOR SGT.'S WIFE, ROSE COBB - Detroit [MI] Police Sgt. David Cobb has not been arrested though the hit man says that's who hired him.
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AUSTIN TYLER VISION OF LIFE FOUNDATION - 4year old Austin was shot in his Albany [GA] police officer father's murder-suicide, right in front of Austin's mother - who was shot through her hand trying to save her son. |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ERIN - Erin LeeAnn (Wade) Jones murdered by her Dodge City [KS] Police officer boyfriend, Christopher Tahah (2007). Hosted by her mother.
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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 - Breaking up with her [OK] police officer boyfriend, Jennifer Herd was found with a single gunshot wound to her head.
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FOR MY ANGEL BABY SIS, KLEO (2007) - Cook County [IL] Deputy Sheriff Kleo Barrett murdered by an ex-boyfriend. Hosted by her brother. |
JESSIE & CHLOE DAVIS - Slain by Canton [OH] Police Officer: Jessie Davis & full-term baby Chloe Davis
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NYPD OFFICER SONIA GARCIA - Sonia was killed while alone with her NYPD fiance'. He has finally been arrested and charged.. |
ALYSSA EICKMEIER - Baby Alyssa died after being brutally beaten by her mother's boyfriend, a Kansas City [MO] police officer (2006)
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.
OTHERS WHO INCLUDE OFFICER-INVOLVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR WIDER PROJECTS:
MYSPACE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, S.C. RANKS 6 IN THE NATION - Survivor of officer-involved domestic violence whose concern extends to all domestic violence victims of South Carolina
SUSAN MURPHY-MILANO'S MOVING OUT, MOVING ON - A collection of mostly domestic violence news stories and commentary. Susan's Chicago Police Detective father committed murder-suicide on Susan's mother. She has recently moved to SUSAN MURPHY MILANO'S JOURNAL and expanded her projects there, but there is still a lot of good info on her old site as well.
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 TN 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.
Updated on 8/24/2008
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