>>LAUREN VERNO: ONLY ONE IN 4 ASSAULT CASES ARE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IS
ACCORDING TO THE WOMEN’S CENTER
OF JACKSONVILLE. THIS MEANS ABOUT 75% OF ALL ASSAULT CASES
GO UNREPORTED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS SO TO INCREASE REPORTING THAT 2 POLICE AND
HELP SURVIVORS FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH REPORTING
THESE CRIMES. W C J IS
ANNOUNCING A NEW TOOL TO
REPORT ASSAULT. SO JOINING ME
NOW THE WOMAN’S CENTER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TERESA MILES
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
N WE
N WE YOU FOR HAVING ME SO LET’S
START WITH THIS TOOL BECAUSE FIRST
OF ALL IT IS ONLY BEING
IMPLEMENTED AND REALLY STARTED
IN JUST 2 PLACES IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY. HOW DID JACKSONVILLE GET THIS WHAT EXACTLY IS IT.
>> SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING
FOR US WE WERE ACTUALLY
REACHED AN THE END VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
REACHED OUT TO OUR ORGANIZATION
TO SEE IF WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED
IN PARTNERING ON THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PILOT’S I
BELIEVE IT S IN
ADRIAN MICHIGAN AND THAT
OPPORTUNITY IS FOR US TO PILOT.
WHICH IT IF YOU WILL THAT WILL
GO ON OUR WEB SITE IT WILL GET POSSIBLY ON THE STATE ATTORNEY THOUGHT LET’S SIDE WHAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT WEBSITE WHERE AN
INDIVIDUAL CAN GO THE SURVIVAL
OF A ASSAULT.
AND THEY CAN NARRATE THEIR
STORY AND IT CAN BE DONE
ANONYMOUSLY IN IT WILL
BE COLLECTED AND IT WILL BE
MAINTAINED FOR A FUTURE DATE IF
THEY CHOOSE TO REPORT.
YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MANY
BARRIERS TO INDIVIDUALS
REPORTING ASSAULT. SO THIS
COULD BE AN AMAZING TOOL IT IS
IN
PRODUCTION NOW AND IN VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN INTERNATIONAL HIS
PARTNERS WITH VICTIMS
VOICE TOO CREATE THIS TOOL AND
WE HOPE TO HAVE IT IN JUNE OF
THIS YEAR.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WHY IS IT SO
IMPORTANT TO REPORT THE
ASSAULTS.
OUR ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERMENT BASED ON OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THE SURVIVORS BACK TO WHERE
THEY FEEL THEY CAN CONTINUE TO
SURVIVE FOLLOWING A HORRIFIC
INCIDENT
LIKE THIS. SO WE BELIEVE THAT
REPORTING IS AN INDIVIDUAL
CHOICE THAT WE BELIEVE MORE
INDIVIDUALS
WILL REPORT. IF WE REMOVE THOSE
BARRIERS IN A STATEMENT LOAN IS
A HUGE BARRIER FOR REPORTING
ASSAULT. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT IF
SOMEONE CAN GO IN THEIR STORY
IN ANONYMOUSLY REFLECT
ON IT AND THEN REALIZE THAT
THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM ITS
SUPPORT BEHIND THEM.
OUR ORGANIZATION IS AN
EMPOWERMENT BASED ORGANIZATION
LAW ENFORCEMENT THE STATE
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. SO THAT THEY
DON’T FEEL SO ALONE IN
THIS PROCESS. YEAH, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST BARRIERS THAT A
SURVIVOR OF ASSAULT FACES WHEN
IT COMES TO EVEN REPORTING
THEIR CRIME AND IT’S GOING TO
THOSE BARRIERS.
>> BUT WE’LL CERTAINLY
STATEMENT IN A AND THEN AND
THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF MIXED
MEDIA MESSAGES, NOT JUST WITH
NEWS THAT ALSO WITH
TELEVISION WITH WHAT WILL
HAPPEN FOLLOWING ASSAULT
ASSAULT IN. YOU KNOW IN OUR
COMMUNITY WE WORK VERY HARD TO
HAVE THESE
INTERVIEWS AND FOLLOW ITS A
ASSAULT SURVIVORS BE VERY
TRAUMA
FOCUSED AND KIND AND SENSITIVE
AND NON JUDGMENTAL BECAUSE OUR
GOAL IS TO HELP SOMEONE BE ON
AND THIS TRAGEDY
TO HELP THEM GAIN THEIR CONTROL
BACK IN THEIR LIVES AND A
LOT OF TIMES YOU EVEN
FAMILIAL SELTZER PEOPLE THAT
YOU DATE RATES SITUATIONS THAT
OCCURRED THERE ARE SO MANY
DYNAMICS INVOLVED IN THE
REPORTING OF A CRIME LIKE THAT
SAVED SOMEONE THAT YOUR FAMILY
KNOWS SAY TO SOMEBODY IN
YOUR FAMILY. THOSE THINGS MAKE
IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR SURVIVORS
TO COME FORWARD AND REPORT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
FEAR OF NOT BEING BELIEVED AND
THAT IS ONE THING
WE WANT SURVIVORS TO UNDERSTAND
IS THE MOMENT, THEY PICK UP
THAT PHONE TO GO ONLINE
WHATEVER IT IS THEY DO TO REACH
OUT TO US. WE WILL LEAVE THEM
IN THE START THERE.
>>LENA PRINGLE: WHY DO YOU
BELIEVE JACKSON WAS PICKED TO
LAUNCH THIS NEW TOOL.
YOU KNOW ITS
PARTNERSHIP WE’VE HAD A
LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT. >> WORK ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL THAT THE FLORIDA COUNCIL
AGAINST VIOLENCE. IT IS AN AREA
THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON
FOR
25 YEARS. AND I THINK THAT THIS
PARTNERSHIP SEPARATE ROOM, THEY
KNOW THAT
WE WILL DO SO WITH INTEGRITY
AND WE’LL WORK STRONGLY WITH
OUR LOCAL STATE ATTORNEY AND
SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT’S
DONE RIGHT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WE HAVE A NEW
LAUNCH TO DO WE HAVE A LAUNCH
DATE FOR THE TOOL IN ALSO WHAT
OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR SOMEONE
RIGHT NOW. WELL TENTATIVELY
WE’RE LOOKING AT JUNE OF THIS
YEAR SO IT’S IN PRODUCTION
VICTIMS, A VOICE
THEY DO. THE BACK END
PRODUCTION OF CREATING THIS
WHICH IT WILL WHICH WILL LIVE
ON A WEBSITE OR MAKING
APP PLATFORM. SO OUR HOPE IS IT
WILL BE IN JUNE OF
2021. BUT IN THE MEANTIME
ANYONE CAN GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE
WHICH
IS WWW DOT THE W C
J DOT ORG BW CJ DOT ORG AND YOU
CAN FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT
ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE
PROVIDE AS WELL AS THE NUMBER
THAT THEY CAN CALL TO
GET HELP. MILES THANK YOU SO