“These specialized courts offer enhanced victim safety while holding offenders accountable. Family violence victim advocates who are involved with these dockets will work closely with victims to relay their concerns to the court, develop safety plans and uphold the victims? rights to obtain helpful information about the progress of the case.”
“Police departments should have a zero-tolerance policy toward domestic violence. Officers and other violators should be treated as criminals just as they would in any other situation.”
“It is a very strong policy, and we don't expect or even want departments to adopt it fully, but it is an excellent guide. The goal of this program is to raise awareness. We want departments to train their employees and develop their own policies.”
“Morano identified the need for this training program in December, largely in part because of the incident involving officer McDermott and officer Diaz.”
