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Course detail: Domestic Violence, Protection Orders and Risk of Lethality
Description:
A class designed to define domestic violence, protection orders, tools, and strategies for assessing danger or risk of lethality. Responding to and investigating domestic violence, stalking orders, and lethality will be discussed along with the limitations of protection orders.
Core Competencies:
Participants will produce intelligent, accurate representations of events and situations and provide valid testimony and descriptions of those events when requested. Participants will also act in ways that support the needs of the community and profession while carrying out the responsibilities of an officer and a member of their respective community.
Participants will employ best practices as they investigate any crime from its beginning to its eventual disposition, either as an individual or as part of an investigatory team.
Course Objectives:
- Participants define domestic violence and determine ways in which to maintain officer/victim safety during domestic violence calls.
- Participants define probable cause and mandatory arrest for domestic violence calls.
- Participants define stalking and determine ways in which to maintain officer/victim safety during encounters with stalking.
- Participants gain tools and strategies for assessing danger or risk of lethality.
- Participants interpret protection orders and discuss how to utilize them in cases of domestic violence and stalking.
Instructional Methods:
- Lecture
- Scenario
- Small group discussion
Who Should Attend:
- Law Enforcement
- Social Service Providers
- EMS Personnel
Course Requirements:
100% participation in group work and discussion
Fitness Level Necessary for Successful Completion:
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