Domestic Violence Liaison

The mission of the Darien Police Department’s Domestic Violence Liaison Unit is to protect, assist and empower victims of domestic violence and to hold batterers accountable through intervention, arrest, education of the community and department employees, and by working in partnership with domestic violence family support services.

The Darien Police Department's Domestic Violence Liaison unit was established in 2004. This unit assists victims of domestic abuse as they navigate their way through the justice system and identify appropriate resources for assistance. Currently, five Darien Police Officers act as Domestic Violence Liaisons. Victims can complete a form allowing a member of our Domestic Violence Liaison unit to contact him/her for further assistance.

In 2013, the Department implemented the Lethality Assessment Screening Program (LAP), a program which acts as another tool to assist victims with safety planning and directly connecting them to services. The LAP Screen was developed to identify victims of domestic violence who are at the greatest risk of being killed in an intimate partner relationship.

Resources

To contact the family violence victim advocate, and for shelter, counseling and other services:

Domestic Violence Crisis Center Help Line (24 hrs.): (888) 774-2900 

DVCC Court Advocate (M-F): (203) 588-9100; Office at Stamford Court: (203) 965-5285    

Darien Department of Human Services (M-F): (203) 656-7328

National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)

Sexual Assault Crisis Program (24 hrs.): Norwalk (203) 838-7303; Stamford (203) 329-2929