Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement.
Attorney
General Lynn Fitch announced the launch of a new tool for law
enforcement and courts statewide to use in reporting and updating
incidents of domestic violence. The system known as MSDVR (Mississippi
Domestic Violence Reporting) will be a single statewide repository for
domestic violence reports, utilizing existing report platforms to make
integration for law enforcement as seamless as possible.
“When
a law enforcement officer responds to a domestic violence call,
information about the parties is essential to his own safety, as well as
the safety of the parties and bystanders,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “MSDVR
is a user-friendly system that will promote accurate, secure, legible,
and quickly accessible domestic violence reports. We have made it as
easy as possible to get the information they need when they arrive
on-scene and to protect victims throughout the process.”
MSDVR
utilizes the same platform as the Department of Public Safety’s eCrash
system and was created by the same developers, the University of Alabama
Center for Advanced Public Safety (AL CAPS). Over the past several
weeks, it has been beta-tested by Attorney General’s Office staff, local
law enforcement, and court clerks to ensure the product is intuitive,
user-friendly, and ready to launch statewide. It replaces the outdated
Reportbeam system for Domestic Violence Reports.
Amongst its other features, MSDVR includes:
- Geolocating to easily save accurate location information;
- Injury diagrams to mark size, type, and location of injuries, as well as a function for uploading photographs; and
- Fields for utilizing the Lethality Assessment Protocol to ensure the safety of victims.
“My
office has created training guides and videos to help law enforcement
and court clerks utilize MSDVR effectively and efficiently,” continued General Fitch. “We
will continue to work with our partners to provide additional
materials, as needed, and it has been integrated into our training on
domestic violence response. We are grateful for the ongoing opportunity
to work with our partners in criminal justice to perfect this new and
important tool.”
The
counterpart to MSDVR, the new Domestic Abuse Protection Order Registry,
is in production now and will be rolled out later this year. Until its
launch, the existing registry on Reportbeam will remain functional.
Attorney
General Fitch offers a variety of resources for victims of domestic
violence, as well as the law enforcement and court personnel who work
with them on her website, including:
- Quick reference guide for law enforcement on domestic violence law,
- Brochures on Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs) and Emergency DAPOs,
- Forms and orders for court clerks,
- Information on the Address Confidentiality Program,
- An interactive, county-by-county Victim Services Resource Directory,
- Information and forms for the Crime Victim Compensation program, and
- Brochures on strangulation, stalking, dating violence, and human trafficking.
Several of the brochures and program applications have also been translated into Spanish and Vietnamese.
6 comments:
This won't make much difference to most areas. Our area see's about a 95% no prosecution rate as the parties are usually back in love by the time it reaches the bench. The times an officer signs a DV Affidavit the alleged victim refuses to testify against the one they love.
This means each time a father trying to see his kids gets charged with a domestic violence protection order, he will be placed in this no gun system until he proves innocence.
@2:59
Good! How many guns do you tough guys need to feel safe? You only have two hands!
Our Attorney General...sent a press release...about buying some software...from the University of Alabama?
Row Tide!
I remember when the legislator from southeast Mississippi beat the hell out of his wife.
Will he be first on the list?
Is this similar to the democrat party push for a national database that lists every white law enforcement officer involved in an "Opposite Race" encounter that reaches the level of a police report? So anybody can track those white officers who are all about mistreating black members of the public and they'll not only be on a watch list, but won't be able to find work with other agencies?
It started with Obama and Uncle Joe just hasn't gotten around to it yet. But, he will after the mid-terms.
As to the gun comment, 4:36, you have no idea what you're talking about. Winding up in such a database, once it comes to the attention of the feds, would prohibit anybody on the list from purchasing even ONE handgun. But, how many I think I need is MY business and none of yours.
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