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WESTONKA INTRRVENTION <br />AN OVERVIEW - <br />IN NOVEMBER OF 1984, THE wkbTuNKA i1'�:::t?l'FNTl.nN FOR DOMESTIC <br />VIOLENCE BEGAN SERVICING THE CITIES OF MOUND AND MINNETRISTA. <br />WESTONKA INTERVENTION BEGAN BECAUSE OF A NEEL EXPRESSED BY SOME <br />15 PROFFSSIONALS WHO WORK WITH FAMILIES IN THE WESTONKA AREA. <br />HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AINISTERS, SOCIAL <br />WORKERS, TEACHERS AND HUMAN SERVICE. PERSONNEL WERE ALL <br />OVERWHELMED ►s i TH THE MANY CASES OF UOMES'F IC VIOLENCE THEY <br />ENCOUNTERED-111HOUGH THEIR WORK WITH CLIENTS. A STEERING <br />COMMITTEE WAS I) TO RESEARCH AS TO WHAT EXACTLY, IF ANYTHING, <br />COULD BE DONE TU L.�_A?TAI1. THIS PROBLEM. THE WESTONKA INTERVENTION <br />1W.I.1 WAS BORN AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH. <br />W.I. IS A COMMUNITY BASED, NONPROFIT CORPORATION. THE. GROUT' <br />RECEIVED ITS' TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT LICENSE I1; NOVEMBER OF 1985. <br />PRESENTLY IT IS WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF MOUND, <br />ORONO, ST. BONIF'ACIUS AND MINNETRISTA. BECAUSE THE CITIES SO <br />CLOSELY BORDER ONE ANOTHER, THESE POLT(-v DEPARTMENTS OFTEN WORK <br />AS A TEAM. <br />THE PURPOSE OF W.I. IS TO TAKE OVER WHERE THE POLICE LEGAL OFF — <br />SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MAN POWER TO <br />GIVE ONGOING SUPPORT TO VICTIMS. WHEN THE POLICI' DEPARTMENTS <br />MAKE AN ARREST IN A DOMESTIC ASSAULT CALL, "'HE. POLICE DISPATCH <br />GALLS THE PFtMARY VOLUNTEER CRISIS ADVOCATE ON A )EEPER. THE <br />PRIMARY ADVOCATE CONTACTS HIS/HER PARTNER AND THEY GO TO THE: HOME <br />01• THE VICTIM TO OFFER SLPPORT , SAF'E'll AND LEGAL t iPT I ONSI . THE <br />ADVO'.'ATE IS TRAINED TO PROVIDE KEY INFORMATION ATD ASSIST THE <br />VICTIM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PROSE;,'UTION. THE. A.)VOCATE GIVES <br />CONTINLED SUPPORT WHETHER AN ORDER OF, PROTEC rim IS OBTAINED OR <br />NOT. WHENEVER POSSIBLE:, THE ASSAILANT 1S ALSO INFORMED OF THF <br />CONSEQUENCESHE:/SHE SOM FACES AND THE. TREATMENT PROGRAMS <br />%%'A I LABLE : (� HELP '1 HEM CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. <br />'I HV POLICE CHIEFS FSI HAVE COMMITTED THE I k DEPARTMENTS 10 THIS <br />1NTERVENTION PROCESS. THE POLICE RESPONSE INCLUDES: CLEAR <br />DEPARTMENTAL GUIDELINES O\ ARRESTING WHEN PROBABLE: CAUSE EXISTS; <br />toNTACT(NG W.I. WHEN AN ARREST IS NAVE; AND REFERRING VICTIMS <br />-TO '1111- PROJECT EVEN IF' AN ARREST HAS NOT BEEN MADE. <br />W . l . ARkANUE S (_'H I LD CARE. A%V TRANSP()R TATIU;O WHENEVER NECESSARI IN <br />ORI) It TO MAXIMIZE THF, ACCESS(IBlLIT) OF COt.RT SEk%ICES FOR <br />ICTIml. 'i'NF: Plrc)JECT WILL hSCORT VICI'lN's A'.D OiFENDENS To <br />St P!'()kT 6Akt►t'Pti. 1Rk.aNG1:'ME%TS AND TR.ANSPORTAT10% TO SHELTERS. <br />HOSPITALS AND HOt Sl I VG 14 ALSO Pt?O%I D1.!J. <br />EIF.( 4U4F: 01- THF. SI'PPOR7 a.1 . uEFFRS+ To VICTIMS. THE <br />P01.It.4, HAVE I FkY FEW kill+ Vl ( 11.I,S ON( F: h . I . IS l%%uI.VED. <br />