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Sumner proclaims October Domestic Violence Awareness Month; police roll out danger-assessment partnership with Sister’s House
Summary
Sumner officials read a proclamation declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month and described a new partnership putting a validated danger-assessment tool into patrol officers’ hands, a change city leaders say will help identify victims at highest risk and bring extra services to them.
Mayor Kathy Hayden read a proclamation at the Sumner City Council meeting on Oct. 6 declaring October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month and highlighting a new partnership between the Sumner Police Department, the City Attorney’s Office, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office and community advocates.
The proclamation punctuated remarks by police and advocacy partners about the city’s adoption of a danger-assessment tool to be used by officers at domestic-violence scenes. Leila Robinson, executive director of Sister’s House, said the assessment has a research record she described as preventing…
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