![]() "The public defender at first was a little bit shocked and asked, 'What are you doing?' and, 'Why are you talking to my client?'" Seyfert said.Īfter explaining the situation, Seyfert said they went before the judge and he agreed to send the offender to rehab in lieu of jail. She and an investigator even agreed to drive the offender to the center, which was an hour away. In 2020, that number dropped to 547, with 82% intimate partner violence. However, those modifications could impact the entire direction of the project.Īccording to Family Services, the City of Poughkeepsie in 2019 had 560 domestic violence reports, of which 83% were intimate partner violence. ![]() He said the agency is working toward making modifications that address those concerns. "There is an element of IPVI that is of concern to the public defender's office, and we understand that they are doing their job on behalf of those that need their office," said Brian Doyle, chief executive officer of Family Services. ![]() ![]() IPVI was developed by the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Kingston in 2018 was the first community in New York to implement it. Poughkeepsie started the process the following year. The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, Department of Probation and Community Correction, the District Attorney's Office, and other law enforcement agencies would also be involved with IPVI's implementation.
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