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FROM: John SweetenCOUNTY
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DATE: January 17, 2005 jos = �~
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SUBJECT: Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protective Orders
Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to submit a continuation application in
the amount of $1.3 million on behalf of the County's Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative
(ZTDV) to the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women for the "Grants to Encourage
Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Pirotection Orders Program (GTEA)."
BACKGROUND/REASONilS) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
In September on 2004, ZTDV was awarded $800,000 through GTEA. The funds enabled ZTDV to do the
following: 1) provide domestic violence training for officers and dispatchers from multiple law enforcement
jurisdictions in the county; 2) enhance the investigative capacity of criminal justice agencies through the
expansion of the multi-jurisdictional domestic violence database; 3) hire a bilingual deputy probation officer
to supervise domestic violence offenders; 4) provide legal advocacy for victims of domestic violence; 5)
offer training for judges in criminal, civil, and juvenile court on the coordinated response to domestic
violence;.6) provide prior arrest casel information to judges issuing restraining orders; and 7) conduct a
safety audit on the county's criminal justice system.
The re-application will allow ZTDV tol continue with these activities while continuing to expand the system
that assists domestic violence victims in Contra Costa County.
Since its inception, the Zero ToleranCe for Domestic Violence Initiative (ZTDV) has been recognized for its
innovation in the area of system change through a comprehensive, coordinated, community-wide approach
that interrupts the progressive cycle of violence, recognizing the cost effectiveness of integrated and
collaborative service strategies.
The Arrest program recognizes that, domestic violence is a crime that requires the criminal justice system
to hold offenders accountable for that, actions through investigation, arrest, and prosecution of violent
offenders, and through close judicial scrutiny and management of offender behavior. The Arrest
program's purpose of encouraging communities to adopt a coordinated community response (CCR) in the
treatment of domestic violence as a serious violation of criminal law is consistent with Zero Tolerance's
vision and objectives.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Devorah Levine 335-1017
ATTESTED �U�
JOHN SWE N,CLERK OF
THE BOARD-OF SUPERVISORS
�D COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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