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A four-part roll-call training video that assists law enforcement in identification and investigation of human trafficking, offers direction on how to best assist victims, and provides an overview of federal laws.
Target Audience: Law enforcement officers
Overall Objective: To provide law enforcement and their criminal justice partners with information to effectively identify and respond to domestic violence crimes.
Includes: A four-part video that includes a discussion guide and highlights the realities and complexities of domestic violence and provides strategies for effective investigations.
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Segment 1: Critical Context
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The first segment of the Crime of Domestic Violence Roll-Call video presents information on the severity of domestic violence and factors that may impact victim behavior. It is critical for law enforcement officers to build a better understanding of the dynamics patterns of power, control, and abuse; until misconceptions and frustrations about victims and victim behaviors are comprehensively addressed, the response to domestic violence may be incomplete and potentially harmful. This video acknowledges frustrations officers have when responding to these situations and begins to unpack some victim behaviors.
Segment 2: On Scene Response
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The second segment of the Crime of Domestic Violence Roll-Call video highlights the importance of recognizing domestic violence as a course of conduct crime, meaning that multiple incidents and abusive behaviors tend to occur over an extended period. Responding officers need to be equipped with this understanding to capture pertinent details to support the victim, hold the offender accountable, and a conduct a thorough, comprehensive investigation. When law enforcement response is trauma-informed, officers can better build rapport and trust with victims while on-scene which can help to empower victims and hold offenders accountable. The video provides tips on how officers can build rapport with victims and document threats, intimidation, trauma, and fear to strengthen criminal cases.
Segment 3: Offender Realities and Threats to Officers
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The third segment of the Crime of Domestic Violence Roll-Call Video highlights information on the danger that domestic violence calls may present to responding officers. Law enforcement pose a threat to the power and control of abusers. Because of this, offenders will often respond with manipulation, threats, or violence. The tactics that perpetrators of abuse use to control victims are often the same tactics they will use on responding officers. This video highlights the danger and potential lethality of domestic violence calls, information about offender behaviors that may indicate increased risk for victims and officers, and details that officers should gather before approaching a scene.
Segment 4: Working Together
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The fourth segment of the Crime of Domestic Violence Roll-Call Video highlights the value of partnerships to support individual cases and implement system-wide improvements. When law enforcement agencies collaborate with other organizations and partners on a multiagency, multidisciplinary teams, victim support improves, and response and investigations strengthen. This last segment of the four-part video explains the importance of reaching across professional boundaries to enhance the law enforcement response to domestic violence.