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Major Robby Rummage, Lexington Police Department Lieutenant Melissa Price-Carter, Lexington Police Department Meredith Martin, MDiv, MSW, LCSWA, Director of Programs, Family Services of Davidson County, Inc.

 History of the Offender-Focused

Domestic Violence Initiative

 How it works in Lexington, NC  Outcomes of Initiative  How to get started in your community

Major Robby Rummage Lexington Police Department

 Lexington was selected as the replication site for High

Point Police Department’s Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative, which is based on focused deterrence theory

• Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office funded UNCG

to evaluate both sites

 Lexington had several existing advantages for replication

in place prior to implementing the strategy

• Ongoing PSN/focused deterrence strategy in place since 2010
• Understanding of the dynamic of DV in relationships among
• fficers and command staff; reinforced through training
• Strategies in place to deal with DV situations and investigations
• Strong commitment from the Chief and buy-in from other

partners (i.e., District Attorney’s Office, probation, victim service providers)

 A certain number of domestic violence offenders are

known to law enforcement

 Focuses on changing offender behavior; a shift from

traditional focus on the victim

• Law enforcement “owns the problem of domestic violence”

 Adaptation of an evidence-based approach to dealing with

criminal behavior

• Focused deterrence or “pulling levers”

 Puts offenders on notice that their behavior will no longer be tolerated  Strips offenders’ anonymity  Provides certain, swift, and severe consequences for continued DV through any means or levers that exist  Offenders make a rational choice as to whether to continue violent behavior based on the information they receive

 Takes advantage of all potential contacts with DV

• ffenders even those at lower levels

 Protect most vulnerable victims from most dangerous

abusers

 Take burden of addressing abusers from victims and

move it to state/police

 Focus deterrence, community standards, and outreach

and support on most dangerous abusers

 Avoid putting victims at additional risk  Reduce calls for service for violent crimes related to DV

Lieutenant Melissa Price-Carter Lexington Police Department

Offenders Identified & Evaluated D List C List B List A List

D List

No previous charges for DV Responding officer can identify an aggressor but no arrest can be made Officer believes the potential exists for violence Validated intimate partner relationship

C List

1st charge for DV related

• ffense

B List

2nd charge of DV related

• ffense
• r

Violation of prohibited behavior for which offender received notice as C list

• ffender (violating pretrial

conditions, contacting victim, etc.)

A List

3rd or more DV charges Offender has violent record including DV Violation of 50B protective

• rder

Used weapon in DV Convicted felon D List Receives letter from Police putting him on official notice and their name is added to the watch list Delivered by a trained patrol

• fficer during a follow up visit

within 48 hours of the call C List Face-to-face deterrent message from Violent Crime Detective Often while offender is still in jail and just before going before judge for bond hearing B List Law enforcement and community message face-to- face Offenders called to a notification perhaps quarterly

• r more frequent

A List At time of arrest or indictment

(Commit prohibited behavior or new charge moves up a level)

Graphic Source: Chief Marty Sumner, High Point Police Department

LPD has not yet started B-list notifications

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 Davidson County Judges  District Attorney’s Office  Davidson County Clerk’s Office  Davidson County Social Services  Davidson County Health

Department

 Davidson County Sheriff’s Office  Probation and Parole  Lexington Police Department  Thomasville Police Department  Denton Police Department  Legal Aid of North Carolina  Family Services of Davidson

County, Inc.

 Cardinal Innovations Healthcare  Daymark Recovery Services  Lexington City Schools  Thomasville City Schools  Davidson County Schools  Davidson County Magistrates  Goodwill Career Connections  Positive Wellness Alliance  And more! We are adding

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Lieutenant Melissa Price-Carter Lexington Police Department

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% B-List C-List D-List

14% 14% 11% 11% 12% 12% 19% 19% 15% 15% 16% 16% 0% 0% 14% 14% 14% 14%

Percemtag tage e of notif ifie ied d offend enders ers who reoffend ended ed after r notif ific ication ation

Reci cidi divi vism Rates for Notifi fied Offend nders in High h Point t & Lexin ington gton

HP: 6-months HP: 1 year LPD: Jul 2014-May 2015

“Typically, the rate of re-offense by perpetrators of domestic violence is 30 to 40%, irrespective of the type

• f intervention used…”

“Studies have suggested that recidivism rates in domestic violence cases are high…estimating 40%-80%

• r more of repeat violence

(Garner, Fagan, & Maxwell, 1995; Shepard, 1992).”

Stover, C. S. (2005), Volume 20

• “…38.4 percent of abusers were

arrested for a new domestic violence offense within two years…”

• “Studies…documented

reabuse…ranging from 26 to 41 percent within five to 30 months.

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/225722.pdf “Depending on how reabuse is measured, over what period of time…a hard core of approximately 1/3

• f abusers will reabuse in

the short run, and more will reabuse in the long run.”

• ~60% who reoffend, do

so within 6 months.

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% Aug 2014 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 37.0% 35.7% 36.4% 35.7% 31.8% 33.3% 44.0% 40.0% 21.1% 30.0%

Perce centag ntage of Arrests ts Resul ulti ting ng in Victim im Injur ury

Nationally, 48.1% of DV incidents result in victim injury (NCVS)

 Example of an offender arrested for assault on female  Monitoring jail calls

• Contempt of court for every jail call made to victim violating court order of no-

contact; offender has to serve 5 days for every jail call X 15 calls before facing his assault charge

 Probation levers

• Offender on probation for a previous assault so probation arrested him for

violation and offender has to serve 80 days prior to facing his assault charge

 Prosecutorial scrutiny

• After viewing assault on store surveillance footage, district attorney indicted
• ffender for kidnapping in addition to the assault charge

 Certain, predictable consequences through partner buy-in

• Nearly every guilty defendant gets 18 months of supervised probation which

includes abuser treatment program and conditions not to threaten, harass, or assault the victim + any other conditions such as Alco-Sensor monitoring

 Increased scrutiny has led many offenders to plead guilty or

take their jail time to get away from the scrutiny

 LPD’s presence at first appearances has led to high bonds and

• ther conditions for DVIP offenses

 Pretrial no-contact orders being strictly enforced

• Jail calls and mail monitored; one offender arrested for sitting beside

victim in courtroom

 District Attorney is filing for offenders to come back to court

to answer to judge why new DV calls are incoming for

• ffenders who have conditions not to assault, threaten, or

harass their victim

 Strategy has assisted victims through the court process

• Assistance with 50B protective orders
• Getting victims to court through subpoenas or providing transportation

 Other agencies are interested in the strategy and come to

court to see outcomes or have reached out directly to LPD

 LPD has started providing Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP)

screenings during intimate partner domestic violence responses

• Identifies high risk victims and puts them in immediate contact with

service providers

 4 TIMES LPD DOES LAP (INTIMATE PARTNER CALLS OR

RELATIONSHIP ONLY; LPD does not do LAP on every single DVIP call)

• An arrest for assault or believe an assault happened (this example would

be giving the victim a ride to take out a warrant; we would do LAP on this victim)

• Officer believes something happened OR sense the potential for danger is

high (officers thinks if they leave something is going to take place)

• Repeat calls for service (locations-same victim-offender)
• Officer simply feels it in their gut that they should do one

 Since March 2015, LPD has conducted 124 LAP screenings

• Connected 59 victims (nearly 50% of all victims and nearly ALL high danger

victims) with counselors

Meredith Martin, MDiv, MSW, LCSWA Family Services of Davidson County, Inc.

 All about relationship building!!!

 Scratch their back and they’ll be more likely to scratch

yours!

 Understand each partner has a different role

and priorities than you do

 Nobody likes to be told what to do

• Diplomacy is key
• Sharing information and making suggestions

Source: Amily McCool, NCCADV

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Judges (AOC)

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District Attorney’s Office (DAs and Victim Witness Coordinators)

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Clerk’s Office

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Social Services (Child support, CPS, etc.)

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Health Department

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Sheriff’s Office

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Probation and Parole

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Police Department(s)

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Legal Aid of North Carolina

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Victim Service Agency

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LME/MCO

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Mental Health Organizations

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School Systems (school social workers)

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Magistrates

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Hospitals

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Other human service providers

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Others? hers?

• Major Robby Rummage, Lexington

Police Department

• rdrummage@lexingtonNC.gov
• Lieutenant Melissa Price-Carter,

Lexington Police Department

• mpcarter@lexingtonNC.gov
• Meredith Martin, MDiv, MSW,

LCSWA, Director of Programs, Family Services of Davidson County, Inc.

• mmartin@fsdc.org