Page 500 - FY 2025 Adopted Operating Budget and Business Plan

Return to Table of Contents

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) Department(s)
Core Victim Services Response to • Total Crime Victims Served Police
PS Crime Victims • On-scene Crisis Response
1.1.3
Summary:

Victims of crime, including domestic violence, may be of any Onscene Response
gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity. 120 109 115
Victimization may happen to an individual, family, group, or 101 102
100
community. The impact of crime on an individual victim,
their loved ones, and their community depends on a variety 80
of factors, but often crime victimization has significant 60
emotional, psychological, physical, financial, and social
40
consequences.
20
Department investigators work quickly to expedite the most -
serious of cases and those with high-risk indicators. While
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
investigators work the criminal aspect of the case, the Victim
Services Unit provides resources to victims and family
members with the goal of lessening the short and long-term Crime Victims Served
trauma experienced as a direct result of the victimization.
Victim Services provides crisis intervention and counseling, 3,500 3235
criminal justice support and advocacy, information and 3116 3213
referral, notification of rights and transportation to shelters 3,000
to all victims of violent crime reported to the Arlington Police 2723
Department. Victim Services counselors are on duty 7 days a
week to respond to requests for immediate crisis 2,500
intervention for victims of domestic violence and other
traumatic crimes.
2,000
Project RAISE (Risk, Assessment, Intervention, Safety, and 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Engagement) consists of a victim centered Multi-Disciplinary
Team of social service, community, and criminal justice
agencies partnering together to address the issues that high- Victims Served
risk family violence victims face. Project RAISE offers a
professional support system to help develop a safe and Domestic Violence
healthy climate for the victim. Project RAISE focuses on the 432
intervention of the high- risk intimate partner violence (IPV) Robbery
locations within each geographic district per month. The 352
Sex Crimes
safety risk of each location is evaluated by monitoring the
number of calls, history of violence, and the severity of 409 1,668 Traffic Related
violence. An in-depth assessment is completed for the victim
including a history of violence, barriers to service, needs Assault - Non DV
assessment, and previous resources. This is accomplished 89
Other
through a Co-Responder Team onsite visit. The team consists 285
of a Victim Services Crisis Counselor and a patrol officer.

127