Description should include
- maintaining officer safety
- taking control of the situation
- separating parties involved
- determining the victim/predominant physical aggressor
- using proper procedures for arrest and emergency protective orders
- enforcing statutes regarding domestic violence situations and stalking
- involving community agencies that can assist parties in a domestic dispute
- understanding legal state requirements for assisting victims (verbally and in writing)
- using techniques for defusing dispute situations
- determining domestic assault/infraction.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What dangers does an officer face when answering a domestic dispute call?
- What are the agencies in the local community that provide services to victims of domestic dispute?
- What are the services?
- What is the victim compensation fund, and how does it work?