Abuse of Power
THE clearinghouse on police-perpetrated domestic violence
...dedicated to providing advocacy, training & consulting services specific to police-perpetrated domestic violence
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Abuse of Power homeSurvivors
- Safety planning & technology
- Verbal abuse
- They call us bitches
- Calling 9-1-1
- Domestic violence shelters
- Getting help
- Reporting your abuser
- Risks for family & friends
- How to help
Women in Law Enforcement
- Cultural conditioning
- Personal & professional impact
- Reporting your abuse
- Policy & liability
- Taking action: Safety provisions & strategies
Women's Words: Police & Firefighter Domestic Violence Stories
- Police story: After marriage
- Firefighter story: No one cared
- Police story: His uniform
- Police story: He changed
- Police story: The break-in
- Police story: Hide and seek
- Police story: Fear of knowing
- Police story: The courtroom
- Police story: The “Victim”
- Police story: Life in a shelter
- Police story: Andrea's story
- Firefighter story: My daughter's heart
- Police Story: Policewomen's prayer
- Police story: His target
- Police story: Truth will prevail
- Women's Creed
- Police poem: Survival
Advocates
- Personal note to advocates
- Advocates' role
- Supporting victim reporting
- Working with victims in law enforcement
- Safety planning for officer-victims
- Batterer intervention
Police Culture
- The Brotherhood
- Officer Training
- Standards of conduct
- Internal investigation
- Pre-emptive tactics
- Suicide & lethality
- Law enforcement code of ethics
Legal & Policy Issues
- Orders of protection
- Custody & visitation
- Changing your identity
- Going to court
- When battered women are arrested
- Policies & procedures
- Impact of federal gun law
- Prosecution
Resources
- Police Domestic Violence Victim Handbook (or pdf format)
- Crossing the Threshold Female Officers and Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
- Abusive Police Officers Working the System
- Advocate & Officer Dialogues
- Developing Policy on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence
- Misuse of Police Powers in Officer-Involved Domestic Violence
- Female Officers as Victims of Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (or pdf format)
- The Impact of Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (or pdf format)
- Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
- Effective Lawyering for Police-perpetrated Domestic Violence Victims (or pdf format)
When the Batterer Is a Law Enforcement Officer Guide for Advocates
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