Training and Technical Assistance

Professional Victim Services offers presentations by subject matter experts that actively engage law enforcement personnel on:

Human Trafficking

  • Importance of gaining trust of victim

  • Maintaining victim communication

  • Law enforcement “sting” participation

Sexual Assault

  • Benefit of Victim Assistance presence at hospital

  • Importance of continual relationship with victim

  • Perpetuating common goals of victim participation in the criminal justice process

PREA Compliance

  • Advocate presence during Forensic Medical Examination

  • Provide in facility follow-up care

  • Ensuring victims receive services comparable to those outside of confinement

Major Crimes

  • Why explanation of Criminal Justice Processes is vital

  • Assisting filing compensation applications

  • Referral to community partner victim service providers

Creating Victim Service Divisions

  • Creating job descriptions

  • Hiring advocates

  • Policy manuals

Agencies We Work With:

  • Mutlnomah County Sheriff’s Office