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SHIFTING THE BURDEN
Domesti( Violen(e: Ensuring Offender A ((ountuoility und Vi(tim Sufety
* OKLAHOMA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCIL
FEDERAL GRANTS DIVISION
Volume 3, Issue 2
MAKING THE MARK
Highlighting Coordinated Community Response Team
Accomplishments
Having just attended the Basic CCR Team Training hosted by the District
Attorneys Council, the Woodward County Coordinated Community Response ••••••• 1 Team held their first official meeting in November 2008, with the goal of
developing a team. Five people from four different agencies were in attendance. Since then, the Woodward
CCR Team has increased its membership and has made many strides toward holding batterers accountable
for their domestic violence offenses. While the team was still young and new, Memorandums of
Understanding were developed to establish protocol, best practices, and structure among the team members.
Northwest Domestic Crisis Services, Inc. hosts the meetings.
Among its many accomplishments, the Woodward CCR Team developed a brochure for public education and
awareness that has been adapted for use by several other CCR Teams across the state. The team is unique in
the state in that it promotes and utilizes an on-site advocacy response practice. Once the scene of a domestic
violence incident is secured by law enforcement, advocates are called to meet with the victim and offer
services immediately and on-site. This has been a very effective practice for the community of Woodward.
Team members also collaborate closely to ensure that high bail is requested for repeat or especially
dangerous offenders and that victim services and the law enforcement response are enhanced. The team
tracks offenders from the initial contact with police through the consequence phase using a computer
database program. The system also allows the team to identify repeat offenders. Perhaps the most exciting
accomplishment of the team has been the statewide and national presentations members ofthe team have
made to encourage others to start CCR teams in their communities.
Woodward County CCR Team
The Woodward CCR Team members work well
together. Although the team has accomplished much,
it continues to make new goals and works hard toward
accomplishing them. The team is cohesive because
each member of the team shares the same vision and
purpose and utilizes teamwork to carry out the vision.
The CCR Team in Woodward has been a huge asset to
the community and plans to continue the hard work
and dedication it takes to hold violent offenders
accountable for their behavior.
Pictured from left to right: Karla Taylor, Woodward County Victim Witness Coordinator; Debby Parsons, Batterer's Intervention
Program Facilitator, NW Domestic Crisis Services, Inc.; Robert Banks, District Attorney Investigator, District #26; Gary Stanley,
Woodward County Sheriff; Billy Parker, Detective Sergeant, Woodward Police Department; Brandi Beyer, Clinical Supervisor,
NW Domestic Crisis Services, Inc.; Desiree Green, Victim Advocate, NW Domestic Crisis Services, Inc.; and Westline Ritter, Assistant
District Attorney, District #26
Team members not pictured: Hollis Thorp, District Attorney, District #26; Paul Fockler, Executive Director, NW Domestic Crisis
Services, Inc.; Jay Custar and Niki Smith, Probation and Parole
July 2011
The District Attorneys
Council (DAC), Federal
Grants Division publishes
this Summer edition of
Shifting the Burden, a
newsletter for domestic
violence prosecutors and
members of
Coordinated Community
Response Teams.
The bi-annual newsletter
is a product of the
Domestic Violence
Resource Prosecutor and
Coordinated Community
Response Project at
DAC. We hope to
provide you with
information on current
issues, legal updates,
and activities and
accomplishments of local
CCR Teams.
Very Truly Yours,
DeLynn Fudge
Grants Division Director
Melissa Blanton,
DVRP
Sandra Thompson,
CCR Specialist
The Woodward CCR Team is
especially proud of member
Detective Sergeant Billy
Parker (pictured above with
former Attorney General
Drew Edmondson) who was
named Officer of the Year in
the 2010 Awards for
Excellence in Action Against
Domestic Violence.