Title: Describe procedures for investigating and resolving domestic disputes and stalking offenses.
Course: Criminal Justice II (15051-II) > Section: Exploring Policing

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?