1. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

2.  Elected officials  Community organizations involved in domestic violence services  Law enforcement  Orange County Corrections  University of Central Florida and Orange County Public Schools  Department of Children and Families  Community members with expertise

3.  9-1-1 to Arrest ◦ Chair, Major Mike McKinley – Orange County Sheriff’s Office  Arrest to First Appearance ◦ Chair, Carol Wick – Harbor House  First Appearance to Charging ◦ Chair, Jeff Ashton – State Attorney Office  Charging Through Sentencing ◦ Chair, Judge Alice Blackwell – Ninth Judicial Circuit Court  Post Sentencing ◦ Chair, Dr. Jill Hobbs - Orange County Corrections  Juvenile ◦ Chair, Gerard Glynn - Andreas School of Law

4.  Created workgroups to analyze processes in criminal cases of DV  Workgroups reached out to the community for additional participants  Held a public hearing to solicit input from survivors and others  Agreed on extensive and in depth recommendations  Suggested agency responsibility for each recommendation

5.  Sharing of Information  Process Improvement  Data Systems Improvement  Education  Other

6.  No contact orders to be available to law enforcement  Ensure victim access to pretrial release information  Judges in criminal and civil DV cases to coordinate orders  Create a victim information line  Ensure Defendants have access to all court orders

7.  Review and/or develop call taking guidelines for DV  Allow filing of DV injunction and probation violations with Harbor House advocates  Provide victims advocates for every survivor in the criminal process/expand Invest Program  Improve pretrial diversion program for DV  DV programs for jail inmates  Juvenile programs for parents or custodians

8.  Track data on DV in multiple agency systems  Develop information line for victims to have access to various agencies  Create a clearinghouse for victim information to help engage victims in the criminal process

9.  Regular training for agency personnel who handle DV calls  Frequent training for law enforcement  Ongoing training for judges, assistant state attorneys, public defenders, and DCF lawyers  Information for offenders to be provided in a direct and consumable manner  Community education to include the nature of DV and resources available for assistance

10.  Separate holding cell for offenders before First Appearance with no telephones  Create or retain specialized units in law enforcement, court and State Attorney  Develop a Family Justice Center with one-stop resources for domestic violence victims  Develop a Batterers’ Intervention Program for children accused of DV and dating violence  Integrate schools into juvenile domestic violence assessments and interventions

11.  Implementation of the recommendations  Leadership must continue to bring awareness to issues of Domestic Violence  Continue the dialogue among elected officials, agencies, schools and community leaders  We must stand united against Domestic Violence in our community

12. "Any society is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; the last, the least, the littlest."  Cardinal Roger Mahony (1998)