34 U.S.C. § 12513: Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training for law enforcement

the term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women; an individual working for or on behalf of an eligible entity; an administrator or personnel of a school, university, or other educational program or activity (including a campus police officer or a school resource officer); and an emergency services or medical employee; the term “demonstration site”, with respect to an eligible entity that receives a grant under this section, means the area over which the eligible entity has jurisdiction; the term “eligible entity” means a State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agency; and the term “mandatory partner” means a national, regional, or local victim services organization or agency working in collaboration with a law enforcement agency described in paragraph (4). prevent re-traumatization of the victim; ensure that covered individuals use evidence-based practices to respond to and investigate cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; improve communication between victims and law enforcement officers in an effort to increase the likelihood of the successful investigation and prosecution of the reported crime in a manner that protects the victim to the greatest extent possible; increase collaboration among stakeholders who are part of the coordinated community response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and evaluate the effectiveness of the training process and content. urban, suburban, Tribal, remote, and rural areas; college campuses; or traditionally underserved communities. elicits valuable information about the domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and avoids re-traumatization of the victim; conducting field investigations that mirror best and promising practices available at the time of the investigation; customizing investigative approaches to ensure a culturally and linguistically appropriate approach to the community being served; facilitated by alcohol or drugs; involving strangulation; committed by a non-stranger; committed by an individual of the same sex as the victim; involving a victim with a disability; involving a male victim; or involving a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (commonly referred to as “LGBT”) victim; law enforcement officers and other members of the response team; and the community being served; and developing an understanding of how to define, identify, and correctly classify a report of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and promote the efforts of the eligible entity to improve the response of covered individuals to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through various communication channels, such as the website of the eligible entity, social media, print materials, and community meetings, in order to ensure that all covered individuals within the demonstration site of the eligible entity are aware of those efforts and included in trainings, to the extent practicable. employ a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and trauma responses; the impact of trauma on victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and techniques for effectively investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall select one or more of the approaches employed by a training identified under subparagraph (A) to test within the demonstration site of the eligible entity. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in order to seek input from and cultivate consensus among outside practitioners and other stakeholders through facilitated discussions and focus groups on best practices in the field of trauma-informed, victim-centered care for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. design a system for generating and collecting the appropriate data to facilitate an independent process or impact evaluation of the use of the grant funds; periodically conduct an evaluation described in paragraph (1); and preliminary results of the evaluations conducted under paragraph (2); and recommendations for improving the use of the grant funds. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the due process rights of any individual.