This training provides attendees with an in-depth understanding of domestic violence and the resulting trauma it places on victims and their families. It includes data on victim populations and insight on how they are affected by domestic violence, special considerations for victim safety and protection, best practices for law enforcement interaction with victims of domestic violence, and types of cost-effective, practical community coordinated responses, programs, and services for reducing domestic violence.
Goal and Objectives:
- Understand the various types of domestic violence (psychological, physical, financial) and their resulting trauma.
- Provide a law enforcement toolkit for safety planning and appropriate measures necessary for domestic violence service calls.
- Outline successful domestic violence prosecution strategies.
- Provide a practical guide on the role of community coordinated responses, programming, and services and their implementation.
Intended Audience:
Law enforcement, US Attorneys, federal partners, victim services providers, legal advocates, and other PSN team members.
Length:
This training is intended to last one day but can be customized to include an additional half to a full day that covers other PSN team-specific topics, such as intimate partner violence, teen dating violence, and using child-sensitive parental arrests.
Agenda:
(includes breaks and lunch)
- Introduction: What is domestic violence? (20 min)
- Identifying domestic violence and its contributing factors (40 min)
- Traumatic responses to domestic violence (60 min)
- Victim safety and protection (20 min)
- Domestic violence prosecution strategies (40 min)
- Community coordinated responses and partnerships (60 min)
- Domestic violence services and resources (30 min)
- Ray Rice case study and discussion (60 min)
- Quiz and certification (30 min)
SMEs/Trainers:
Mark Kurkowski is a 25-year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. He has 21 years of experience investigating incidents of intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual assault while he was assigned to the Domestic Abuse Response Team, the Grants to Encourage Arrest Program, and the St. Louis Regional Domestic Violence Prevention Team. Mr. Kurkowski has nine years of experience as an investigator and supervisor on the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad, a multijurisdictional investigative unit focused on homicide investigations.