FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Elected officials
Community organizations involved in domesticviolence services
Law enforcement
Orange County Corrections
University of Central Florida and Orange CountyPublic Schools
Department of Children and Families
Community members with expertise
9-1-1 to Arrest
◦Chair, Major Mike McKinley – Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Arrest to First Appearance
◦Chair, Carol Wick – Harbor House
First Appearance to Charging
◦Chair, Jeff Ashton – State Attorney Office
Charging Through Sentencing
◦Chair, Judge Alice Blackwell – Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Post Sentencing
◦Chair, Dr. Jill Hobbs - Orange County Corrections
Juvenile
◦Chair, Gerard Glynn - Andreas School of Law
Created workgroups to analyze processes incriminal cases of DV
Workgroups reached out to the communityfor additional participants
Held a public hearing to solicit input fromsurvivors and others
Agreed on extensive and in depthrecommendations
Suggested agency responsibility for eachrecommendation
Sharing of Information
Process Improvement
Data Systems Improvement
Education
Other
No contact orders to be available to lawenforcement
Ensure victim access to pretrial releaseinformation
Judges in criminal and civil DV cases tocoordinate orders
Create a victim information line
Ensure Defendants have access to all courtorders
Review and/or develop call taking guidelines forDV
Allow filing of DV injunction and probationviolations with Harbor House advocates
Provide victims advocates for every survivor inthe criminal process/expand Invest Program
Improve pretrial diversion program for DV
DV programs for jail inmates
Juvenile programs for parents or custodians
Track data on DV in multiple agency systems
Develop information line for victims to haveaccess to various agencies
Create a clearinghouse for victim informationto help engage victims in the criminal process
Regular training for agency personnel whohandle DV calls
Frequent training for law enforcement
Ongoing training for judges, assistant stateattorneys, public defenders, and DCF lawyers
Information for offenders to be provided in adirect and consumable manner
Community education to include the natureof DV and resources available for assistance
Separate holding cell for offenders before FirstAppearance with no telephones
Create or retain specialized units in lawenforcement, court and State Attorney
Develop a Family Justice Center with one-stopresources for domestic violence victims
Develop a Batterers’ Intervention Program forchildren accused of DV and dating violence
Integrate schools into juvenile domestic violenceassessments and interventions
Implementation of the recommendations
Leadership must continue to bring awarenessto issues of Domestic Violence
Continue the dialogue among electedofficials, agencies, schools and communityleaders
We must stand united against DomesticViolence in our community
"Any society is judged onthe basis of how it treatsits weakest members; thelast, the least, the littlest."
Cardinal Roger Mahony (1998)