Examining the Role of Law Enforcement in Domestic Violence Situations

 

Season 3, Episode 1:

Examining the Role of Law Enforcement in Domestic Violence Situations: Challenges, Responsibilities, and Best Practices

Release Date: August 18, 2025 Content Areas: How officers handle these often high-stakes situations, the challenges they face in protecting victims while ensuring due process, Lethality Assessment Protocol, the importance of trauma-informed responses, collaboration with social services and advocacy organizations, training and resources that officers need to handle domestic violence incidents effectively.

Facilitator: Dr. Ellen Smith

Guest: Detective Dannelle Owens 

Resources / Publications:Lethality Assessment Protocol – Information from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center – https://www.nsvrc.org/sarts/toolkit/5-7Children’s Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania – https://penncac.org/

Music in this episode is:  “Adding the Sun” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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