Suffolk County on Friday announced the creation of a Domestic Violence Database that will track domestic incidents across the county so that all the information can be accessed by agencies across the county that deal is providing help to victims.
Prior to its creation, domestic violence were recorded in various municipalities and state databases, making it hard to get a clear picture of how widespread these incidents are. The county will now use the database to draw analysis based on demographics and location, among other conditions.
“This database lays a path toward greater understanding of the problem areas and trends of domestic violence across Suffolk County and can further serve as a catalyst to create solutions that will substantially reduce such violence over the long-term,” Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone said in a statement.
The county said September saw 1,070 domestic incidents entered into the database, which tracks race, relationships and location in addition to details about the incident.
“The information from the database will help the Victims Information Bureau and the other domestic violence agencies to effectively plan for the needs of victims of domestic violence in the days to come,” Pamela Johnston, executive director of the Victims Information Bureau, said in a statement.
Jeffrey Friedman, executive director of The Retreat in Amagansett also praised the new system.
“After years of struggle with a strategy around collecting domestic violence statistics, today we finally embark on a new era that will promote a spirit of collaboration, innovation, and connection."
Pols Back Housing for Vets
The Suffolk County Legislature this week approved $1.5 million to support a plan to build rental housing for veterans at the former armed forces reserves site in Amityville.
The money will be used to help pay for roadways, curbs, sidewalks, sewer piping and lighting associated with the housing project. When completed, the development will include about 60 units of affordable rentals, many slated for female veterans or veterans with families.
The development will include a community center and parks, and is funded by a mix of county, state and federal grants, according to a county statement.
“This project is going to dramatically change the lives of many veterans for the better," Bellone said in the statement. “This project is a model for the kind of development that we want to encourage and support for our veterans.”
In the interim Bellone is sending the County Attorney out to file papers to OPPOSE LIPA REFORM. Know who you are dealing with --- a fiscally irresponsible pandering fool! Don't re-elect him.
I've met Greg and the mother of his minor children who he persists in slandering here. His children have learned to mimic his bad behavior towards their mother, and I have had a conversation with one of his children volunteered to me in a conversation that he's a spare the rod spoil the child sort of parent. By contrast, my child's father has never struck our child, although CPS had a big problem with him physically abusing me repeatedly in front of our child.
However, my life is an open book --- I put all of it including a ream of court ordered forensics up into the publicly accessable Federal PACER system where anybody is free to see it. You may be shocked but it shows I never abused anyone. Next, the reprisal has been since 2005 when I started exposing crooks and liars (which I do all the time now) --- the LIPA crooks are only some of the 2012 batch (and there is only a little blow back from that so far but I expect more). Political mud slinging and slander is what it is ---- "they" were protecting Phil or thought they were --- but I intend to hold my head high and march past and over the mud. Last, I have 4 children and I never beat any of them --- the older two in there 20's have even helped with my campaign even though they refuse to be registered Democrats --- reading your false allegation has been hurtful. Your false allegation about my children is a demonstration of what verbal abuse is and it is also a demonstration of my prior comment: this (reporting system) as good as passing a law to do away with septic systems and let the waste flow into the streets.
The most famous case i can think of is the case of the woman who claimed David Letterman was sending her subliminal messages through his late night talk show and got a protection from abuse order against him, and actually got a judge to sign it. This is nothing but another stunt by groups like PFML and Laura Ahern to make money off the misinformation campaign.
And your arrest disproves Greg's assertion that only men get arrested.
Don't be duped by Greg Fischer, my first paragraph is based on the letter the editor from Women of the Democratic Committee which appeared in the News Review. I had nothing to do with that letter; I am not on any political committees. As for Greg's children, I only referred to the 2 minor children, because: (1) in his initial post he slanders their mother yet again, and (2) I know his 2 children. Riverhead is a small town, and there are a lot of people who know Greg by sight but who he does not know. We're the little people, I guess... Most of us would prefer to stay that way. As for this database... What is so wrong with compiling data and getting actual statistics, as opposed to anecdotal?