Fort Wayne Deputy Police Chief To Provide Domestic Violence Training To Local Officers
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Fort Wayne Police Dept. Deputy Chief Dottie Davis will provide domestic violence training to local law enforcement personnel in Warsaw.
The three-hour training session will be offered Oct. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at the firemen's building on the east side of Pike Lake, Warsaw.Everyone involved with law enforcement may attend the free, local, continuing educational training. The training is sponsored by the Warsaw Police Department's Victim Service Program and The Beaman Home.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Davis, a 28-year veteran of the FWPD, has been contracted to provide training to town and county law enforcement officers employed within Kosciusko County.
Davis, also president of Davis Corporate Training, a private consulting agency, will focus on proper procedures and legal guidelines when dealing with domestic violence and rape/sexual assault incidents.
Having been a family violence trainer since 1992, David has trained thousands of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, advocates and judges throughout the U.S. and Canada. In addition to speaking at numerous conferences, she has served as an instructor at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.
Davis is an active advocate in addressing domestic violence. She serves as an advisor for the Battered Women's Justice Project, has co-authored articles addressing officer-involved domestic violence, and provided expert witness testimony in the case of the Estate of Paula Ross v. Town of Gaston civil lawsuit.
For more information or to register, call 574-372-9539 or e-mail bam@kconline.com The deadline to RSVP is Oct. 23.
