The Blueprint for Safety Training Memo on Risk and Dangerousness

The Blueprint organizes 911 call takers, responding officers, and investigators to gather, record, and disseminate risk information differently than they have in the past, with a collective interagency eye toward making the level of the violence and risk to victims visible. Bail evaluators, prosecutors, jail staff, and victim-witness advocates all use the information gathered by 911 and law enforcement, as well as their own, to increase the level of knowledge about the history and context of violence. If organized to do so, each practitioner can help expand the collective capacity to produce an accurate picture as possible of the danger and safety needs and respond accordingly.