Sheriff's Office proudly participates in 7th National Family Violence Apprehension Detail
Posted: Oct. 14, 2009, 3:01 p.m.
On Thursday, October 15, 2009, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT) will work with agencies throughout Oregon -- as well as agencies across the country, from California to Ohio to Florida -- to arrest persons with outstanding family-violence warrants.
The 7th Annual Family Violence Apprehension Detail includes approximately 130 County Sheriff's Departments, Police Departments, Probation Departments, and community agencies from 22 states. All agencies will serve outstanding arrest warrants -- with charges ranging from Harassment to Murder.
For the past six years, this event has been instrumental in apprehending family-violence offenders. Last year, there were over 150 law-enforcement agencies participating nationwide -- resulting in close to 1,200 arrests and 5,700 warrant attempts. (Many of the attempted warrant services ended up in an arrest, as offenders turned themselves in shortly after the detail.)
This collaborative effort, commonly know as the Sweep, helps raise awareness of the problem of family and domestic violence in our communities. It also demonstrates to offenders that they will be held accountable for their violence.
According to the Bureau of Justice statistics, on average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States.
In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published data collected in 2005 that finds that women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year. Also, nearly one in four women in the United States reports experiencing violence by a current or former spouse of boyfriend at some point in her life.
A 2007 study reveals that 15.5 million children in the United States live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year; and seven million children live in families in which severe partner violence occurred.
Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away from home, and engage in teenage prostitution.
On a local level, according to the Oregon Department of Health and Human Services, a survey of more than 85,000 Oregon women showed that one-in-ten women experienced intimate partner violence in the five years preceding the survey. Also, the estimated costs of intimate partner violence in Oregon exceed $50 million each year.
For additional Oregon domestic violence facts go to http://www.ncadv.org/resources/FactSheets.php.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office and agencies across the United States recognize the urgency of this social problem. After the Sweep, DVERT will make available the local and national final results of the apprehension detail.
For information on the national effort, visit this Web page.
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