With a population of about 420,000 residents the Kansas City Missouri Police Department provides many services for victims of domestic and violent crimes in Kansas City. Not only does the police department provide services to victims that suffered violent crimes they also provide services for victims of robberies. “The mission of the Victim Assistance Unit is dedicated through professionalism, honor and integrity, with community partners to consistently and positively impact the quality of life for the citizens of Kansas City Missouri by assisting crime victims, witnesses, survivors, families, and neighborhoods experiencing violent crime or trauma (KCPD, 2015).” “The Victim Assistance Unit provides crisis intervention, referrals …show more content…
When researching Joplin Police Department Victim Services the only information that the website provides is under Municipal Judge and Courts. “Under the authority of the Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 479.190 (Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts), the court may order conditions which the court believes will serve to compensate the victim of the crime, any dependent of the victim, or society in general. Such conditions may include, but need not be limited to: restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim, in an amount to be determined by the judge; and the performance of a designated amount of free work for a public or charitable purpose, or purposes, as determined by the judge. Also, the City of Joplin's Prosecuting Attorney's office works cooperatively with the Lafayette House to provide services to victims of domestic violence (Joplin …show more content…
The victim service for Springfield Missouri has its own location separate from the police department. The Springfield Victim Center provides a 24 hour crisis hotline and intervention, kids court where it can educate the kids and parents about the court process, community crisis response team, individual family and group therapy, and victim advocacy services. The Victim Center has many advocates that specialize in specific area such as adult therapists, children’s services, adolescent therapists, edication coordinator, domestic violence victim advocate, and victim advocate/volunteer
In order to eliminate service limitations and identify discrepancies it is critical to bring together community professionals that can utilize their expertise to dismantle barriers. Representatives can be professionals from child welfare, mental health care, medical providers, indigent services, and the criminal justice system (Chanmugam, 2014). As a prospective member of the domestic violence fatality review team in Orange County, Florida, the effectiveness of this community-based response effort must be determined. Although it is a reactive response, the service limitations and changes as a result of a case review are the area of
SYNOPSIS: At 0903 hours, on May 5, 2016, I, Cpl. Lessane, with the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office, responded to Yemassee Police Department, in the Yemassee area of Hampton County, in regards to an verbal assault between an Insurance Agent and the Mayor of Yemassee. Bobby Arnett, agent from All State stated he was threatened by the Mayor of Yemassee, Jerry Cook, when he attempted to go recover an vehicle from Jerry’s Used Cars. Mr. Arnett stated upon his arrival, Mr. Cook arrived at his business shortly after him and made verbal threats to kill him.
ELWOOD-Elwood police early Wednesday morning cited a train engineer after the train he was driving collided with a car and injured an Elwood woman at a crossing in downtown Elwood. It was the third time in two weeks that engineers have been ticketed by Elwood police at the same crossing. Lucille McKinney, 42, was driving her Buick across a double set of railroad tracks on State Road 28 near Main Street when it was struck by a slow-moving Central Line engine. McKinney said she never saw the train coming. The engine ' headlights were off, the railroad gates didn 't come down, the warning lights didn 't flash, and there was no flagman to warn cars that a train as coming, police said.
Albion operates a 24-hour domestic and sexual violence crisis hotline staffed by trained advocates who provide emotional support, safety planning, and referrals. Through community education outreach, Albion Fellows Bacon Center presents to groups like schools, civic organizations, businesses, and churches. The presentations can be informational regarding the services provided by the agency or more educational in nature. The educational presentations can explain the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault, date rape drugs, teen dating violence, and bystander intervention. While Albion 's legal advocates are not attorneys, they provide emotional support, answer questions about individuals ' rights and options, and help clients navigate the Criminal and Civil Justice
The organization that I chose to research is Meriden-Wallingford Chrysalis, Inc. located at 14 W Main St #103, Meriden, CT 06451. Chrysalis is a non-profit organization that provides an extensive amount of services to victims of domestic abuse mostly at no charge. Services include crisis intervention, counseling, weekly support groups, short term emergency shelter, and 24-hour hotline services just to name a few. They provide victim advocacy to assist women through the criminal court process and assist with legal or police related issues. In addition, they provide a transitional living program called Blooms Place for women and their children that are left homeless due to domestic violence.
Three Kansas City police score unit officer’s Jeffrey M. Bell, Dustin Sillings, and Darryl M. Forrest were charged with theft of federal government property, conspiracy against rights and deprivation of rights under color of the law. The Kansas City police officer were caught by FBI (Federal bureau of Investigation). The Kansas City police officers stole several items and cash in a house that had surveillance cameras during a staged sting operation. The type of situation always makes people wonder what would make these people want to do something like this? Why would the officers discarded their commitment to the city to protect and serve as they swore to do so?
Nevertheless, a responsive officer serving a specific neighborhood has the potential to have an impactful presence in the community. The third program the BPD vehemently supports is the neighborhood watch program. The purpose of the program is to reduce and prevent neighborhood crime. The Neighborhood watch literature published by the BPD neighborhood watch programs have resulted in significant decreases in burglary and similar offenses across the nation. Additionally, to complement the primary goal, BPD highlights 4 additional objectives which are; educating community members on the most effective methods to secure their homes, facilitating relationship building by uniting community members toward a
I believe I would be a good fit for the Fairmont Police Department because I have spent the last 3 years working for the City of Caledonia, which is a town of 3,000 people. I believe Fairmont could good a good natural transition into a bigger department with more possibilities. Fairmont offers a wide demographic between its local schools, Higher education campuses, and its successful/thriving employer’s e.g. Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Avery Weight-Tronix, REM, and many more. Fairmont is known as the City of Lakes. This intrigues me on a professional and personal level.
Billings Police Sort out a verbal dispute between an ex-boy friend and his ex-girl friend. According to the young man who was riding in the passenger side of the green van closest to the intersection, the small van behind them was chasing them. The occupants in the small green van were accusing the passenger in the large green van of not returning a Birth Certificate.
Focusing on support, involvement, and engagement for victims, helps make the YCJA significantly more
Evidence based Treatment Models Most effective interventions associated with domestic violence include safety planning, child advocacy, information advocacy, and alternate housing. This is generally referred to as “legal advocacy” and involves the criminal justice system. During this process first responders and legal professionals initiate referrals and support such as protection orders, court accompaniment, referral to services, and community therapy agencies (Hamby et. al., 2015) Treatment Model # 1 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a twelve to twenty-five, hour long session divided equally between the parent and the child.
One way to help, besides through the KCPD, is by contacting the Aim4Peace program: "Aim4Peace is a public health approach to reduce shootings and homicides and reverse the violence epidemic in Kansas City, MO." (Stopping Violence in KC). The program wants to make neighborhoods safer for everyone to live in. Since the violence problem has continued to increase in the Kansas City area, helping to slow will not occur overnight. Although there is no way to eliminate the problem of violence, the Aim4Peace program is a way to help slow the problem of this rapid increase we have been on these past few
I had the opportunity to visit a Kankakee County Domestic Violence Court on February 24, 2016. The purpose of this assignment was to challenge me to think about social justice, oppression, and discrimination related to individuals and families as well as social service providers in the court system. The purpose of the Domestic Violence Court was designed to improve the safety of victims and their families through related family issues, such as custody, visitation, civil protection orders, divorce, and enhance offender accountability. My general observations of the court proceedings was that it was located on the third floor in room 309.
As defined in “Establishing A Domestic Abuse Care Pathway”, domestic violence is “Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those… who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. The abuse can encompass… psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or emotional [abuse].” Domestic violence is common, with around 1 in 4 women experiencing it at some point in their lives, and there are many things that need to be fixed about the handling of domestic abuse cases. (Bradbury-Jones) Our society should fix how we deal with abusers, set up an improved care pathway to deal with domestic abuse, and in this pathway improve the response to
Ethical leadership and behavior is a challenge to law enforcement officers. Many reason exist as to why there is a challenge. Although challenges exist within police departments across the entire world, the challenges could be prevented or avoided. Officers who lack courage, honesty, and loyalty to the people the sworn to protect need to find a different profession. Leadership and leadership mentoring needs to be implemented in law enforcement training.