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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry
Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Project RAISE  Domestic Violence Victims Served Neighborhood Services (Police)
PS (Risk, Assessment, Intervention,  Outreach Hours Dedicated to
1.1.4 Safety, and Engagement) Domestic Violence
Summary:

Victims of family violence face several complex issues and Domestic Violence Victims Served
often need support and guidance in identifying resources and Outreach Hours
to help them with their safety. Project RAISE (Risk, 4,000
Assessment, Intervention, Safety, and Engagement),
consists of a Multi‐Disciplinary Team of social service, 3,000
community, and criminal justice agencies partnering
2,000
together to address the issues that repeat family violence
victims face. Project RAISE offers a professional support 1,000
system to help develop a safe and healthy climate for the
victim. 0
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Police agencies respond to repeat domestic violence and Domestic Violence Victims Served
disturbance locations often, consuming a great deal of
time and resources. Repeat calls for service involving the Domestic Violence Outreach Hours
same victim indicate an ongoing situation that may
escalate to serious violence. Arrests made by law

enforcement are not enough to deter repeat cycles of

violence. Documenting and tracking repeat domestic
violence calls for service is essential to address these
situations.

Awareness of these ongoing situations provides an
Between July and September 2019, the Victim Services
opportunity to intervene. Project RAISE focuses on the
team identified 1200 cases of Intimate Partner Violence
intervention of the top five repeat domestic violence
locations within each geographic district per month. The (IPV). The Co‐Response home visit approach was
safety risk of each location is evaluated by monitoring the completed on a total of 64 IPV cases.

number of calls to a location, the history of violence at that
Victim Services also referred Safe Haven a total of 206
location, and the severity of violence at the location. An in‐
depth assessment is completed for the location including cases for consideration of their Domestic Violence High
history of violence, barriers to service, needs assessment, Risk Team.
and previous resources accessed. A home visit is APD Victim Services team also staffed 37 high risk cases
completed to offer access to resources to assist the victim,
using the APD Victim Services Victim Centered
suspect and overall household. Safety planning and crisis
intervention is provided to the victim in order to provide a Multidisciplinary staffing model.
violence‐free household.
This quarter, the VS team referred a total of 223 cases to
One Safe Place for service delivery.
Update:

This quarter, the Victim Services Counselors continued to
In addition to providing direct services to victims of family
identify the most severe cases of intimate partner violence
in each district. A Co‐Responding team of a VS Counselor violence, the Victim Services team participated in over
and a patrol officer then made contact with the victim to 2,000 hours of domestic violence outreach to our
community.
provide assessment, intervention and referral.

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