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City staff outline domestic-violence response, high-risk team and prevention work
Summary
City presenters described multi-department efforts on interpersonal and domestic violence, shared prosecution and service data, and urged better analysis of trends and protective-order violations.
City staff briefed the San Antonio Public Safety Committee on the city’s interpersonal-violence (domestic-violence) response, available services and prevention work, including a multi-jurisdictional high-risk team and Metro Health advocacy services.
Erika Stevenson, identified in the presentation as the administrator for violence prevention, described a strategic, cross-departmental approach that links police response, Metro Health advocates, the prosecutor’s office and community organizations. Stevenson told the committee the city tracks two datasets: police calls for service and reported domestic-violence incidents; she warned the measures are complex and changes can reflect differences in reporting, population growth or victims’ willingness to contact police.
Staff cited a high-risk…
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