SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT/ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE

 

MINUTES

 

Meeting Date: September 3, 2002 9:00 AM – 11 PM

Location: Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW)

915 Cedar Street

Santa Cruz, CA  95060

 

  1. Call to Order
    Chair McWhorter called the meeting to order at 9:10 AM. Alan Hiromura and David Rabow were in attendance.

 

  1. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda
    None.

 

  1. Oral Communications from the Community
    None.

 

  1. Approval of the August 29, 2002 minutes.
    Adding that the DA will be asked to track ethnicity of both victim and perpetrator, the minutes were approved. Rabow/Hiromura/unanimous.

 

  1. Continue review of each question in the Overview Report with the Screening Questions.
    The Committee worked on the topic, Hospitals, to make sure we needed their information before asking them to participate. We do want their info:
    # of DV reports turned in. Same demographics though children is still a questionable demographic because we are not sure of accuracy of reporting…not sure how question is asked, such as, child lives with victim, or victim or perpetrator have children, or child was present at incident…etc. Hiromura will talk with CPS to inquire further. We want hospital info because we might find that more DV is reported to medical personnel than reported to law enforcement. See if medical reporting is increasing. Compare with law enforcement stats. All DV Medical reports are supposed to go to the County Health Department within 2 working days from the report.  

  2. Letter to Agencies
    Recommendation—Compile the list of agencies and contacts to send letter to.

The Committee decided to ask DV Commission members to hand deliver the letters and to be the liaison to those agencies, enlisting their support of the project and locating the contact person for each agency to agencies they are connected with. Letters will be delivered to the agencies listed on the overview document, adding Victim Services, Battered Women’s Task Force, and Family Matters. Rabow will finalize the letter and send to McWhorter who will create a cover letter and address the letters to the appropriate designee at each agency, having them ready for the September 11 DV Commission meeting. Disbursement will be as follows:

Kim Austin to all law enforcement. David Rabow to Kate Canlis of the DA’s office. Christine Maguire (chair of the commission) to Robert Yonts, representing the courts, and the Sgt. Robert MacAulay, Chair of the Death Review Team. Paula Gammell to Judith Cox of Probation and all the batterer’s programs (including MOAB?). Linda Starn to Betsy McCarty, Chief of Public Health (this should cover all hospital reports). Laurie McWhorter to advocacy agencies. Francine Nickell or Alan Hiromura to CPS.

  1. Announcements
    None.

 

  1. Schedule next meeting
    September 11 3:30PM, and September 18 11-1 at the CPVAW office

 

  1. Closing
    completed

 

  1. Official adjournment
    The Chair adjourned the meeting at 11AM.