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Grand Rapids to roll out DALE lethality screening, survivor‑center and high‑risk review team
Summary
Victim services manager Clarissa Novak outlined a grant‑funded program that will use the DALE (Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement) screening tool, launch survivor listening sessions, and convene a multidisciplinary high‑risk team in spring 2026 to coordinate services for people at high risk of lethal intimate‑partner violence.
Clarissa Novak, the city’s victim services manager, told the Public Safety Committee that Grand Rapids will implement an 11‑question lethality assessment for officers and expand victim advocacy through grant‑funded partnerships.
Novak said the city selected the DALE (Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement), an 11‑question screening tool, to be administered by officers on scene when they encounter a survivor of intimate‑partner violence. “So it is going to be done by officers on scene when they encounter a survivor victim of intimate partner violence,” she said. If a survivor’s score exceeds the threshold, Novak said…
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