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Policies and Initiatives in Public Security

Official Policies and Initiatives

• Project Safe Streets (Metropolitan Police Department)
• Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system (DC Department of Corrections) -notifies victims anytime there is a change in an inmate's status.
• VINELINK Offender Search (DC Department of Corrections) - check the custody status of an offender
• DC Crime Victims Compensation Program (CVCP)
• Domestic Violence Intake Center
• DC Rape Crisis Center
• DC Fugitive Safe Surrender
• Gun Buy-Back Program

Information & Guidance

• MPDC Family Liaison Specialists Unit (FLSU) Join the FLSU Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCSurvivors
• MPDC Domestic Violence Unit
• MPDC Hate Crimes Section
• MPDC Sex Assault Unit
• Domestic Violence Resources (governmental and non-governmental)
• Sexual Assault Resources (governmental and non-governmental)
• Office for Victims of Crime Online Directory of Crime Victim Services

Non-governmental organizations initiatives

• Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
• SafeShores - DC children's advocacy Center
• DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• House of Ruth – Shelter & Counseling
• My Sister's Place - Shelter for Battered Women & their Children
• WEAVE (Women Empowered Against Violence) - provides counseling and economic and educational services
• DC Gun Case
  

Last Update: September, 2008