Council Communications DV Efforts Glendale City Court Tucson Municipal Court Council Communications DV Efforts Elizabeth R. Finn, Presiding Judge, Glendale City Court efinn@glendaleaz.com Wendy Million, DV Court Judge, Tucson Municipal Court Wendy.million@tucsonaz.gov

Executive Summary Snapshot of the Court for the month Developed in consultation with the Mayor and Council Changed through the years based on requests from Council No surprises

City Court Update Invite Mayor and Council to meet with me once month Never more than 3 people at a time to avoid any open meeting law issues Explain Executive Summary Answer any questions Tour the courthouse

Annual Report Indicates what was potential last year Highlights events of the year Identifies projects for the next year

Glendale DV Efforts Formed Glendale DV Task Force in 2004 Implemented Specialized Problem -Solving DV Treatment Court in 2004 with no additional dollars Previously, all manual paper to and from providers Now judge based monitoring

Glendale DV Efforts Formed Glendale DV Task Force in 2004 Implemented Specialized Problem -Solving DV Treatment Court in 2004 with no additional dollars Previously, all manual paper to and from providers Now judge based monitoring

Glendale DV Efforts Winner of ’05 Supreme Court “Justice for a Better Arizona” achievement award

DOJ VAWA Grant 2005 Compliance Specialist Court-Based Advocate Cell phones for DV Detectives and Advocates Pro Tem Judge over lunch hour for protective orders OT for DV Warrant Service Interactive DV Website Training

2009 DOJ VAWA Grant Major issue is service of orders so they will be in effect Created police civilian Protective Order Coordinator position Grant partners were: Glendale, Peoria, Avondale and Surprise Added: Apache Junction, Chandler, El Mirage, Gilbert, Goodyear, Scottsdale and Tempe

2012 VAWA Grant Continued funding for Protective Order Coordinator Funded printing special domestic violence offense report Created high lethality position Continues funding for warrant overtime and bilingual Court advocate for protective orders as well as hearings over the lunch hour

Orders  2 fulltime PO Clerks on duty at Glendale City Court Plus grant funded advocate

Needs.. Focus on first contact with victim Access coercive control and lethality of abusive relationships Possibility of obtaining search warrants for GPS devices on defendants who are violating release conditions returning to victim Training officers and advocates to collect evidence of intimidation

Needs… Training prosecutors how to use evidence for more serious offenses Training prosecutors how to proceed on cases without victims Coordinating resources within a jurisdiction Coordinating resources within a region

Domestic Violence and a Coordinated Community Response Tucson City Court’s Domestic Violence Court: Established in 2012 with Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Justice Grant Named a Domestic Violence Mentor Court by the Office Against Women in 2017 This project was supported by Grant No 2017-TA-AX-K006 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication / program / exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women.

Domestic Violence and a Coordinated Community Response Domestic Violence Court goals: Hold offenders accountable Enhance victim services and safety Domestic Violence Court components: Trained personnel Judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys, staff, probation officers/monitors, interpreters. Victim advocates Preferably independent of government .

What is a coordinated community response? Communication between systems and systems players. Police, prosecutors from different offices Court and DV treatment providers Court, attorneys and probation- different levels. Mental health connections, interpreters, substance abuse treatment providers Advocates-within confidentiality restrictions

Coordinated Community Response Consistent Forms, Procedures and Policies Prosecutors have standard DV court requirements to qualify a case Review hearings for everyone on probation Victim autonomy – in most cases Risk assessments disclosed to everyone BIPs must report to the court every hearing

Examples of Our CCR DV Court Review Hearings Firearms surrender program Probation/ Advocates/ Treatment providers monthly meeting DV Court meetings Collaboration between Community Outreach for the Deaf and Advocate agency

How to Do It You don’t need a grant! You need a leader! Call a meeting Essential components: Training Review Hearings Advocates

DV Mentor Court Tucson City Court DV Court is a federally recognized Mentor Court- one of 12 in the country We can come to your jurisdiction: For training: For attorneys, judges, court staff, probation and advocates We can provide forms, policies and procedures We have the funding to come to you!

DV Mentor Court Your personnel can come observe court anytime in Tucson! (we don’t have the funding for your trips however) Webpage: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/DV/Home/MentorCourt Email us: Dvmentorcourt@tucsonaz.gov Wendy Million, Tucson City Magistrate: Wendy.Million@tucsonaz.gov wmillion@courts.az.gov (after September)