Report from the San Mateo Domestic Violence Safety and Accountability Assessment: How Does Documentation of the Initial Police Response to a Domestic Violence Call Aid Subsequent Interveners in Domestic Violence Cases?

Three law enforcement agencies stepped forward to participate in a Domestic Violence Safety and Accountability Assessment: Daly City Police Department, Redwood City Police Department, and San Mateo Police Department. The focus for the assessment was as follows: How does documentation of the initial police response to domestic violence calls aid subsequent interveners (investigators, advocates, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, offender program facilitators) in domestic violence cases? Read the following report from their project.