Idaho Crime Victims Compensation Program
The program provides funds to the victim / claimant after all other sources of payment have been exhausted up to a maximum of $25,000. When claim is approved, payment may be made for reasonable expenses which are the direct result of the crime.
Provides victims with compensation for medical, wage, and funeral expenses.
What are the types of stalkers?
Simple obsessional stalkers
Love obsessional stalkers
Erotomanic stalkers
False victimization syndrome stalkers
What are some signs of Strangulation?
-Injuries on the face.chin behind ears
-neck
-Raspy voice
-Redness, scratch marks on the neck
-ringing in ears
-swollen lips
-bloody red eyes
Strangulation elements are defined in Idaho code as willful and unlawfully….
Chokes or attempts to strangle a household member-NO INJURIES NECESSARY
Why do majority Victims usually recant?
-Family pressure, money, fear, and intimidation
If you show up to a domestic and both parties are show mutual combat, you cannot find who the predominant aggressor is. What do you do?
If you can, Arrest them both. Act on the caution of safety.
What is Mutual Combat?
A fight with both parties enter willingly or in which two persons, upon a sudden quarrel, and in hot blood, mutually fight upon equal terms
Cobra offenders are extremely violent, allows more victim freedom, lack emotional attachment and are
More likely to use a weapon
Pit bull offenders include deep emotional attachments, have fear of abandonment, non-sexual arousal during arguments, and are
Stalkers and more likely to kill
Why do we want to focus on trying to remove the predominant Aggressor?
Because they are likely the problem, rather than the primary Aggressor.
Whats the Primary Aggressor defined?
Person “who first employs hostile force”
The dominant or most significant person at the scene
Predominant Agressor
Gains power and control by limiting partners options
Predominant Agressor
Person applying ongoing and constant pressure of control
Predominant Agressor
Usually the person who ends the fight not the person who starts it
Predominant Agressor
In domestic scenarios, Follow-up is necessary. What are some things were looking for in follow up interviews?
Evidence collection, medical records obtained through medical release, sexual assault exams, forensic interviews of children, follow up photographs
What if there is no criminal activity in a domestic situation. What do we do?
-Maintain the peace
-execute and enforce signed orders by a judge
-maintain officer safety
What is the single most dangerous call to first responders?
domestics- Intimate partner violence.
-Due to emotionally charged, volatile and dynamic scenarios
Police officers have no immunity when we fail to protect, fail to train, fail to supervise. True or false
True
Police Officers have immunity when
-acting in good faith and without malice
In order to get a Disturing the peace charge, can Law Enforcement be a victim of disturbing the peace?
No
If a suspect, intentionally removes injuries or obstructs telecommunications lines or takes withholds, takes down, removes telecommunication line is the elements of what crime?
Idaho code 18-6810- interference telephone Line
Idaho Code 18-5001: Unlawful and maliciously deprives another of a members of their body, or disables, disfigures or renders useless OR cuts out or disables Tounge, puts out an eye, slits nose, ear or lip is the elements of what crime?
Mayhem
Idaho Code 18-7304 Unlawful Entry elements are
Person enteres a House, tenements, apartment ECT without the consent of the owner.
If its while being pursued by a peace officer, its a felony