While prioritizing the safety of victims, this policy is designed to address prevention through hiring and training practices, provide direction to supervisors for intervention when warning signs of domestic violence are evident, institutionalize a structured response to reported incidents of domestic violence involving officers, and offer direction for conducting the subsequent administrative and criminal investigations. Components of the policy include: A) Prevention and Training B) Early Warning and Intervention
A) PREVENTION AND TRAINING The department will adhere to a zero‐tolerance policy towards police officer domestic violence and will not tolerate violations of the policy. The department will provide ongoing training to every officer on domestic violence and the zero‐tolerance policy throughout all phases of the police officerʹs career.
1) Prevention Through Collaboration
(a) Through ongoing partnerships with local victim advocacy organizations the department shall develop domestic violence curricula and train officers in order to enhance the officers’/agency’s response to victims.
(b) The department shall provide local domestic violence victim advocacy organizations copies of all domestic violence training curricula, protocols and policies for review and possible revision.
2) Training Topics Upon implementation of this policy, all officers shall receive comprehensive mandatory instruction covering the following topics:
(a) Understanding Domestic Violence
(b) Departmental Domestic Violence
i. Response Protocol
(c) Warning Signs of Domestic Violence by Officers
(d) Victim Safety
(e) Federal Domestic Violence Laws
(For details on these training topics, see Concepts and Issues Paper, section A) Prevention and Training, #2)
3) Ongoing Training
Departments shall use a variety of training techniques including in‐service, roll‐call, FTO, ride‐alongs, and training bulletins to regularly reinforce standards of effective response protocol.
4) Program Evaluation
To enhance the effectiveness of the training, departments should work with internal or external research resources to evaluate the training and its impact.
http://www.wvdcjs.com/justiceprograms/STOP/Publications/DV%20by%20LE%20Officers%20Model%20Policy.pdf
1) Prevention Through Collaboration
(a) Through ongoing partnerships with local victim advocacy organizations the department shall develop domestic violence curricula and train officers in order to enhance the officers’/agency’s response to victims.
(b) The department shall provide local domestic violence victim advocacy organizations copies of all domestic violence training curricula, protocols and policies for review and possible revision.
2) Training Topics Upon implementation of this policy, all officers shall receive comprehensive mandatory instruction covering the following topics:
(a) Understanding Domestic Violence
(b) Departmental Domestic Violence
i. Response Protocol
(c) Warning Signs of Domestic Violence by Officers
(d) Victim Safety
(e) Federal Domestic Violence Laws
(For details on these training topics, see Concepts and Issues Paper, section A) Prevention and Training, #2)
3) Ongoing Training
Departments shall use a variety of training techniques including in‐service, roll‐call, FTO, ride‐alongs, and training bulletins to regularly reinforce standards of effective response protocol.
4) Program Evaluation
To enhance the effectiveness of the training, departments should work with internal or external research resources to evaluate the training and its impact.
http://www.wvdcjs.com/justiceprograms/STOP/Publications/DV%20by%20LE%20Officers%20Model%20Policy.pdf
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