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| Officers responding to incidents of domestic/dating violence which involve members of the Sheriff's Office will notify their supervisors, and the responding supervisor will notify the |
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| Integrity & Special Investigations Unit |
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| Prior to affecting an arrest of a Sheriff’s Office employee the ?who will be notified |
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| the zone commander or designee (assistant chief or higher authority) will be consulted |
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| Children age ?and above are to be interviewed ( |
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| Officers shall list at the end of the narrative section the following information: |
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(1) The full name, race, sex, and age of all minor children living in the household where the domestic/dating violence occurred;
(2) The reason(s) no arrest was made, or that arrest of two or more parties was made, if applicable;
(3) That a copy of the legal rights and remedies notice was given to the victim (Victim/Witness Service Guide P-0390); and
(4) If a victim is transported or referred to the Hubbard House the reporting officer shall indicate the victim was transported or referred to a “safe location.” No mention of the Hubbard House shall be made. When transporting or escorting a victim or family member(s) to Hubbard House, the reporting/transporting officer will request that National Crime Information Center (NCIC) contact the shelter by telephone to advise that an officer is en route. |
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| The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 |
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an individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm if that individual is the subject of an injunction for protection that:
a. Specifically restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of the person;
b. Has been issued after a hearing of which notice was given to the person and which the person had an opportunity to participate; or
c. Either includes a finding that the person subject to the order represents a credible threat to intimate partner or child of the intimate partner, or explicitly prohibits the use or threatened use of force against the partner. |
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It has been determined that on duty employees of governmental entities (e.g., police officers, correctional officers, and other employees required by their job to possess a firearm) are exempt from this prohibition. An exemption is also extended to off-duty police officers who are required by their official duties to carry a firearm.
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| The exemption does not apply to auxiliary or reserve officers, off-duty correctional officers, civilian employees, or to police officers possessing a firearm in a personal capacity (e.g., while hunting). |
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Protection orders issued in another state and/or by an Indian tribal court in accordance with the Violence Against Women Act, 18 U.S.C. s. 2265 are enforceable by local law enforcement agencies without being registered or recorded in this state.
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| Registration of the out of state injunction |
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| (1) A protected person shall present a copy of a foreign order of protection to any sheriff in this state and request that the same be registered in the injunction registry. The protected person is not required to have a certified copy of the foreign protection order. It is not necessary that the protected person register the foreign order in the protected person’s county of residence. The protected person must swear by affidavit, that to the best of the protected person’s knowledge and belief, the foreign order is currently in effect as written and has not been superseded by any other order and that the respondent has been given a copy of it (affidavits for this purpose are available at the Records Unit). |
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| c. Registration of the out of state injunction |
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| (2) The Records Unit shall register the injunction in accordance with the following procedures. The order shall be registered in the injunction registry, noting that it is a foreign order of protection. If not apparent from the face of the certified copy of the foreign order, the sheriff's office shall use its best efforts to ascertain whether the order was served on the respondent. The Sheriff's Office shall assign a case number and give the protected person a receipt showing registration of the foreign order in this state. There shall be no fee for the registration of a foreign order. |
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| d. Enforcement of out of state injunction |
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| (1) Law enforcement officers shall enforce foreign orders of protection as if they were entered by a court of this state. Upon presentation of a foreign protection order by a protected person, a law enforcement officer shall assist in enforcement of all of its terms, pursuant to federal law, except matters related to child custody, visitation, and support. As to those provisions only, enforcement may be obtained upon domestication of the foreign order pursuant to F.S.S. 55.501 - 55.509 unless the foreign order is a “pickup order” or “order of bodily attachment” requiring the immediate return of a child. |
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Enforcement of out of state injunction
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| (2) Before enforcing a foreign protection order, a law enforcement officer should confirm the identity of the parties present and review the order to determine that, on its face, it has not expired. Presentation of a certified or true copy of the protection order shall not be required as a condition of enforcement, provided that the respondent or the individual against whom enforcement is sought does not present a conflicting certified copy. |
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| ? is a program designed by the SAO in conjunction with Hubbard House to assist victims of domestic/dating violence who are in an immediate crisis situation and require emergency shelter |
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