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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL NNESOTA
Presented By � �
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Referred To ittee: Date
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2 WHEREAS, domestic assault is a serious problem throughout our State and the City of
3 Saint Paul, with 7�4 incidents reported in Saint Paul January 1, 1991 - April 16, 1991
4 alone; and
5
6 WHEREAS, dom�estic assault between adults from all cultures is an escalating crime
7 which can result in severe injury or murder. Saint Paul recently was the site of a brutal
8 murder/suicide r�lated to domestic assault; and
9
10 WHEREAS, in thle Metropolitan area, people have been murdered by their partners
11 even after having�obtained court orders for protection and any failure of the legal and
12 criminal justice sy�tem to respond can put lives in danger; and
13 I
14 WHEREAS, the $aint Paul City Council passed Resolution 89-1696 creating a Domestic
15 Abuse Prosecutio� Unit within the Office of the City Attorney and requesting that
16 appropriate training be provided to the office of the City Attorney; and
17
18 WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Police Department, the Ramsey County Sheriffls office, the
19 Saint Paul City Attorney's o�ce and the Ramsey County Attomey's of�ce have the
20 opportunity to reduce the rate of domestic assault and the escalating pattern of violence
21 through crime prevention activities, arrests on domestic assault calls, arrests for
22 violations of ordexs for protection, enforcement of no contact orders, prosecution of
23 crimes pertaining ,to domestic assault and revocation of probation for violation of no
24 contact orders; anld
25
26 WHEREAS, the �ity Council .of Saint Paul has made prevention of domestic assault one
27 of its highest poli�y priorities, has called for increased penalties for violation of orders of
28 protection, has prbvided funding for Community Crime Prevention Coordinators, and
29 has provided fundling for communities to organize and prevent crime; and therefore be it
30
31 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Police Department and the Saint Paul City Attorney's
32. Office work toget�er with judges and advocates for battered persons so that all patrol
33 officers and staff �rom the City Attorney Domestic Abuse Unit receive appropriate, up-
34 to-date training o� appropriate responses to crimes of domestic assault, violations of
35 orders for protection, and violation of no contact orders; and be it further
36
37 RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul work with prosecutors, judges and advocates
38 for battered persons to obtain information on City, County and State resources that exist
39 to provide support and assistance to victims of domestic assault and to provide such
40 information and the information that domestic abuse is a crime 1) to the Community
41 Crime Coordinatars who will use this information as part of community block club
42 meetings; and 2) �o community organizations and citizens organizing to prevent crime;
43 and be it further
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2 _ RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul work with advocates for battered persons to
3 provide a training session for City Attorney Domestic Abuse Unit staff, Police
4 Department Community Crime Coordinators, Saint Paul Community Services staff,
5 neighborhood crime prevention workers, and other community group members which
6 training session will provide information regarding the crime of domestic assault and
7 information about resources for victims of domestic assault; and be it further
8
9 RESOLVED, that all interaction related to domestic assault be conducted in a culturally
10 sensitive manner including providing written communication in appropriate language(s);
11 and be it further
12
13 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Police Department vigorously observe Department
14 policies of mandatory arrest of the person against whom a order for protection or
15 verifiable no contact order was entered where there is probable cause to believe that an
16 order for protectian or verifiable no contact order has been violated; and be it further
17 �il�Ra�..sey �our.'Vy Sher{�
18 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Police Department �d the City Attorney Domestic
19 Abuse Unit staff work with the Ramsey County Courts and members of the battered
20 persons' communi!ty to obta.m and track mformation on no contact orders and orders for
21 protection so that dispatchers will be able to determine when they receive a call that
22 there is an order �or protection or no contact order protecting the person residing at
23 that address; and be it further
24
25 RESOLVED, tha� the Saint Paul Police Department observe the policy of treating any
26 threat of assault, harassment or violation of an order for protection as a high priority
27 call; and be it further
28
29 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Attorney's Office formally adopt a policy of
30 vigorous prosecution of cases of violation of orders of protection as well as a policy of
31 informing violators that the prosecutor, not the victim, has made the decision to enforce
32 the law; and be it finally
33
34 RESOLVED, that the City Council of Saint Paul encourage the Ramsey County
35 Commissioners ad�opt a parallel resolution in order to coordinate parallel efforts toward
36 the reduction of diomestic assault.
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Adopted by Council: Date APR 3 0 1991 I''orm Approved by City Attorney
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Approved by Mayor: D�ate
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By: .�%�����i' By'
RU�USNED MAY 11'�1
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DEC1TtyT COLZTIC"�`� "�T�����90 GREEN SHEET N°. _11630
CO�ACI.P�99�1�I8�PHONi�98 537 INITIAL/DATE INITIAL/DATE
11dC:C:dIJv@ � �DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR �CITY COUNCIL
ASSIGN �CITYATTORNEY �CITYCLERK
NUMBER FOR
MUST BE ON COUNCIL AGENDA BY DATE) ROUTING �BUDGET DIRECTOR �FIN.&MOT.SERVICES DIR.
ORDER O MAYOR(OR ASSISTANn �
TOTAL#OF SIGNATURE AGES (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE)
ACTION REOU�ru`�horiz th Police Dept. to work with the judicial system and
advocates for bat ered women for the prevention of domestic
assault, and uth rize the City Attorney's Office to formally adopt a
rosecution p li reqardinq orders for protection.
RECOMMENDATIONS:Approve(A)or Reject(R) PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWINQ QUESTIONS:
_ PLANNING COMMISSION CIVI SERVICE COMMISSION �• Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this depertment?
_CIB COMMITTEE YES NO
_STAFF 2• Has this personlfirm ever been a city employee?
YES NO
_DISTRICT COURT 3. Does this person/firm possess a skili not normally possessed by any current city employee? .
SUPPORTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJE IVE? YES NO
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
INITIATING PROBLEM,ISSUE,OP RTUNITY ho,What,When,Where,Why):
Authoriz th Police Dept. to (i) train patrol officers and community
crime coordin tor , (2) adopt policies of mandatory arrest for vidation of
orders for pr tec ion, (3) provide support and assistance to victims, (4)
provide or co lec information for dispatchers regarding protection orders,
and (5) adopt a p icy to respond to violations of protection orde�s as a -
priority call
ADVANTAGES IF APPROVED:
Decrease dome tic assault, provide better protection to victims of
domestic assa lt, nd prevent escalating violence.
DISADVANTAGES IFAPPROVED:
None.
DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED:
Allow do esti assault to increase, provide less effective ways to
respond to do esti assault victim's needs for protection.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACT ON $ COST/REVENUE BUDGETED(CIRCLE ONE) YES NO
FUNDING SOURCE ACTIVITY NUMBER
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:(EXPLAIN) ; �
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- CITY CLERK
PAULA MACCABEE
SUSAN ODE
Councilmember Legislative Aide
MARK BALOGA
Legislative Aide
Members:
; Paula Maccabee, Chair
Bob Long
Janice Rettman
Date: April 10, x991
COMMITTEE REPIORT
HUMAN SERVICES, REGULATED INDUSTRIES AND RULES AND POLICY COMMITTEE
,
1. Resolutioqh 91-402 - approving Round 2 of the 1990 Child Care Partnership
Program G�ant Recommendations.
COMM�TTEEIRECOMMENDED THAT STAFF PROCEED WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF THE CHILD
CARE PARTINERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION USING THE EXISTING CHILD CARE
PARTNERSH P PROGRAM GRANTING PROCESS, 3-0. COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL �F ALL RECOMMENDATIONS OTHER THAN "PROVIDERS CHOICE", 3-0 --
PROVIDERS'CHOICE WAS MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION SO STAFF
_ CAN PROVI�E ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING APPLICATION, 3-0.
2. Reso utio 90-2260 - authorizing the Saint Paul Police Department and other
City�� Staf to work on programs to prevent domestic abuse and requesting the
City'�,Atto ney's Office to adopt a prosecution policy regarding orders for
prot�ctio (Substitute resolution) .
COMMITTEEIRECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, 3-0
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RESOLUTION -�
�' CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented B
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�'Referred To Committee: Date /�-/�'�d
1 WHEREAS, dom�stic assault is a serious problem throughout our State and the City of Saint
2 Paul, with 1,196 incidentis reported in Saint Paul in the first half of 1990 alone; and
3
4 WHEREAS, domestic assault is an escalating crime which can result in murder. Neaxly 50%
5 of the 41 women who were murdered in Minnesota in 1989 were murdered by spouses or partners.
6 Saint Paul recently was the site of a brutal murder/suicide related to domestic r sault.
7
8 WHEREAS, in th$ Metropolitan area, women have been murdered b their husbands or
9 partners even after the vvomen have obtained court orders for protection d any failure of the
10 legal and criminal justice system to respond can put lives in danger; and
11
12 WHEREAS, the S�int Paul Police Department has the opport ty to reduce the rate of
13 domestic assault and bre�ak the escalating pattern of violence throu crime prevention activities,
14 arrests on domestic assa�lt calls and arrests on probable cause of 'olation of orders of protection;
IS and '
16
17 WHEREAS, the City Council of Saint Paul has made revention of domestic assault one of its
18 highest policy priorities �nd has called for increased pena es for violation of orders of protection
19 and has provided funding for Community Crime Preven ' n Coordinators to work throughout the
20 City and help communit�es organize to prevent crime; nd therefore be it
21
�2 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul Police De rtment work with prosecutors, judges and
23 advocates for battered women to provide traini to all patrol officers on appropriate responses to
21 crimes of domestic assault and crimes of viol ion of orders for protection; and be it further
2�
2E, RESOLVED, that 'the Saint Paul P ice Department work with prosecutors, judges and
27 advocates for battered wbmen to provi training to the Community Crime Coordinators on ways to
2S use community crime pr�vention to p vent domestic assault and to provide support and assistance
29 to victims of domestic as�sault tc� pr ent escalating violence; and be it further
3U
31 RESOLVED, that the Sa' t Paul Police Department formally adopt policies of mandatory
32 arrest of the person agaiiist w om the order was entered where there is probable cause to believe
33 that a crime of violation,of n order for protection has occurred; and be it further
34
3S RESOLVED, that e Saint Paul Police Department work with the Ramsey County Courts
36 and members of the b t�ered women's community to determine whether there is a way to provide
37 or collect informatio so,that dispatchers will be able to determine when they receive a call that
?S there is an order f protection protecting the person residing at that address; and be it further
39
40 RESOL , that the Saint Paul Police Department adopt a policy of treating any threat of
41 assault, harass ent or violation of an order for protection as a priority number one call; and be it
42 finally
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1 ' �"iZESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Attomey's Office formally adopt a policy of prosecution
2 ' in all cases whe there is probable cause to believe that a crime of violating an order for
3 protection has oc ed.
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Adopted by Council: I�ate Form Approved by City Attorney
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary gy:
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Council
Approved by Mayor: Date
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THE L�AGUE
OF WC�MEN VOTERS
ST . PAUL
.7010 UNNERSITY ST.PAUL,MN 55104 PHONE(612)644-9176
April 11, 1991
Councilpe�son Paula Maccabee
City Council Ward 4
714 City I�all
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
Dear Councilperson Maccabee:
I am writing to comment on your resolution to prevent domestic abuse
and to pratect victims of domestic violence. I apologize that the League was
unable to send a representative to the public hearing on that resolution.
I hope this letter will be helpful to you.
While the League can take no official position on your resolution because
our membership has not tak:en a consensus, the League's existing position
on family violence seems to support much of your resolution. The League
supports improved procedures for agencies deaii�g with family violence
and improved services for victims.
Three speCific components of the League's position are consistent with
the objectives of your resolution. First, the Leagve supports a coordinated
training program for all legal and human service professionals to address
the problems of family violence. Second, the League advocates a complete
and eontinuing system of data collection of inci:denCS of family violence
to aid in the planning and evaluation of services. Third, the League calls
for provis�ion of immediate legal remedies for victiris of family violence.
The League� is a strong proponent of efficient and coordinated services
and encourages all �.ndividuals �nd agencies involved in �this most critical
problem ta continue the kind of open dialogue and responsiveness that
seemed evident at your meeting on April lst.
If we can be of any further assistance, please call our office at 644-9176.
Sincerely,
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Deborah Lauwagie, �
Executive 'Director
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STATE OF MINNESOTA w�'`°�j�'°�9,�
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845 Courthouse,Saint Paul,Minnesota 55102 �lNN'ti$
NANCY LIBMAN,Supervisor
Domestic Abuse Intake
292-7271
T0 : Paula Maccabee
FROM : Nancy Libman If�V �
RE : Domestic Abuse Resolutions
DATE : 4-5-91
I apologize that I am unable to personally appear and give testimony
at the public hearing on the domestic abuse resolutions on April 10 .
I must state my support of the resolutions , however . Over the
last 7-8 years that I have worked in the Ramsey County Court
Domestic Abuse Office I have see thousands of victims of domestic
violence seeking Orders for Protection.
The resolutions to train patrol officers , to encourage vigorous
prosecution, to adapt mandatory arrest , to treat domestic violence
and violations of Orders for Protection as priority cases , and
to effectively r�cord information verifying the existence of
Orders for Protection are all extremely important . The added
emphasis on cultural sensitivity is imperative .
Victims of domestic violence often report to me their hesitancy
to call law enforcement agencies for assistance or pursue
charging through the court system if the;� have experienced either
a failure of thosie systems to protect them in the past or an
inconsistent response .
If a victim who has been assaulted calls the police and there is no
arrest , the victim is often in greater danger than had she/he not
called at all . Tf the officer arrests but the case is not charged ,
the message to tY�e perpetrator is that the violence can cor.tinue
without cons�quer�ce and that domestic violence is not a crime .
Failures to folldw through at these points of the system result
in the perpetuati:on of the cycle of violence and a distrust of the
system by the viatim.
The resolution calling for training of Community Crime Coordinators
with the goal of ,community crime prevention is also imperative .
We must educate our communities . Numerous victims of domestic
abuse spend years living with the violence simply because they
were unaware of �heir options (of shelter , support groups , Orders
for Protection etc. ) In addition , many of their families , friends ,
and community members failed to give them the support and info-
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mation they so desperately needed.
The public ' s awareness that domestic violence is a crime conveys
a message to victims and perpetrators . Once the community is
educated , the message will have a far reaching and spiraling
effect towards prevention that will extend into our workplaces ,
schools , parenting , and even our jurors in court cases .
These efforts can only increase the liklihood that we will ulim-
ately reach our goal of safety in families . .
��la����d
Rep. Kathle�n Veilenga ,� � M111IleSOt,a.
District 64A - � '' � `'`. H�use Of
RamSey �o�nty - == - - = Representatives
Robert Vanasek,Speaker
CHAIR,CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION
COMMITTEES:EDUCATION,EDUCATION FINANCE DIVISiON;HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;JUDICIARY;
TRANSPORTATION;RULES AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
January 18, 1991
Councilmembe� Paula Maccabee
City Hall, Seventh Floor
St. Paul, MN 55102
Dear Paula:
Thank you for sending me a copy of the resolution. I 'm pleased
that you and other councilmembers are responding to the problems o�
domestic violence, an issue of enormous importance to all too many
families in pur city and throughout Minnesota. Your initiative is
an inspiratidn to other communities that may not be as aware of the
breadth and seriousness of family violence.
Finding some; answers to the needs of battered women and their
children is l�igh on the legislative agenda this year, and it's an
issue that Iland others have been working on especially hard since
last summer. In July, I began working with the MN Battered Women' s
Coalition to', organize "community response teams" throughout the
state.
The purpose bf the teams is to spur public discussion of family
violence in a par�icular community by assembling elected
representati�res and local advocates each time a domestic homicide
occurs in that community. These teams then strategize about why
the system failed in that case -- especially if there was a history
of battering '-- and what is needed to prevent similar killings from
1'GC:,1��l;.y lii '��"ia'F' t,c3i'�i�ilZai C:.:T�'tit:Il�t�'. The t@3.^.? the.^. C81�S a. press
conference to make its conclusions public.
While I app];aud the attention the City Council is giving this
critical issue, I 'd like to refrain from commenting on the
specifics of your resolution until I learn what the community
response teams have to say. Meanwhile, good luck in your efforts
to assure all St. Paul families the right to physical safety. I
hope to be h�aring more from the Council as your work pays off.
Regards,
�
K hleen Vellenga
State Repres�ntative
2224 Goodrich,St.Paul,MinneSOta 55105 (612)698-0094
State Office Building,St.Paul,Minnesota 55155 (612)296-8799
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 18, 1991
TO: Paula
FROM: Sus�n
SUBJECT: STP Domestic Assault Stats
Amy Brown referred me to Iaura, STPPD, who provided the following info:
1989
Simple A.ssaults 1920
Aggravated Assaults 374
TOTAL 2294
1990
Simple assaults 2052
Aggravated assau�ts 385
TOTAL 2427
1991 (THROUGH 4/16)
Simple assaults 613
Aggravated assau�ts 121
TOTAL 734
Laura will send �s a hard copy of the stats for your review.
cc: Mark/Ella/r�cycle
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SA .RDAY,DECEMBER 15, 1990 ��/�-����
BERNARD H. RIDDER, 1883-1975
BERNARD H. R[DDER 1R.CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
JOHN T. HENRY CHAIRMAN '
MARY E. JUNCK PUBL/SHER/PRES/DENT �
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PIONEER.PRESS �
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PROTECTIVE ORDERS -
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H old threatening men
more accounta.ble
�/r�omen should not have to live un-
�Y der siege, in fear of their very Stiff
lives from men who abuse them. COnSeqVEnC-
Every year, some 1,400 vulnerable es must
women in Ramsey County seek protec-
tive orders designed to keep their alWays follow
abusers at a distance. In Hennepin violations of
County, the annual number exceeds rotective
3,000. Add it up: In two counties alone, p �
4,400 women desperate for a shield to orders.
deflect the threats and assaults they �
have bitter reason to dread.
Protective orders help— but not enough.
Three Hennepin County women who had taken refuge un- .
der such orders died this year,apparently at the hands of the
men they feared,the latest slaying occurring early this week.
Ramsey has recorded no such deaths—yet.
More death is all too p;edictab�e, and more women
battered with increasing ferocity,because the legal system is
not sufficiently stern and the community is not sufficiently
, upset.
, This is the grim reality of domestic abuse:Men who are not
held accountable escalate their attacks. Now men are not
held nearly accountable enough.
The law says police must make an arrest if they see proba-
ble cause of domestic abuse.Police don't do it every time.
The law says violating a protective order is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine and/or 90 days behind bars.Judges rare-
ly impose jail on the fust offense.
The dangerous message to violent men — many of whom
do not think of themselves as violent — is that beating a
woman is no big deal.
A strong, consistent policy is needed so that stiff conse-
quences always follow violations of protective orders. Those
consequences should include some jail time,required counsel-
ing,or both.
No one can be guaranteed a safe walk through this uncer- i
tain world. But neither should any person have to live in a
continuous nightmare of tetror. �
Beating a woman is a big deal, no matter the degree of
cuts and bruises — and no matter the body count. Beating a
woman is a big deai,every time,and this community should
not stand for it anymore.
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"' ` NEWSPAPER � OF THE TW; iN CiTIES
�/January 27/1991� -
�� � A St. Paul lan to halt domestic abuse
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Judges have a s�stem for stopping domestic vio- and city prevention." Her proposal, now pending
lence: They sig�n a piece of paper ordering a in the council's i�uman Services Commitiee, of-
suspected abusek to stay away from the victim. fers precisely that: It would make answering do-
That system might work well if orders were firmly mestic-abuse calls a top police priority and oblige
enforced. But t�ardened abusers routinely laugh police to arrest anyone suspected of violating a
them off, and �olice sometimes shrug off viola- protective order. Maccabee's plan also prescribes
- �tions. Paula Maccabee, a St. Paul City Council training to help police respond effectively to do-
� member, suggests a way to end the laughing and mestic-violence calls. And the plan would launch a
�shrugging: Anest violators,and train police. pre��entive campaign against abuse by broadening
the focus of community crime coordinators, who
�- Under state lav�v, abusers who flout protective now work mainly to deter property crimes.
orders --- by showing up at a woman's home,
making tnreatening calls or tracking her down at Skeptics worry that a mandatory-arrest policy
work — are sup�osed to be arrested. But if police could keep police from exercising discretion in
don't catch an �alleged offender in the act, they handling disputes. But just like the state law,
sometimes declipe to pursue and arrest him. Their Maccabee's arrest proposal applies only to viola-
reluctance may �tem in part from police confusion tior.s of protective orders — not to all domestic
about what theyi should do if a suspect denies the incidents. The plan's novelty lies in its insistence
offense or flees before they arrive. tnat police offer real protec:ion to women threat-
ened with abuse. That's a demand worth writing
"Just haWing a $tate law isn't enough." says Mac- into law— in St. Paul,and throughout Minnesota.
cabee. "We nee�i a city policy and city training —