LAP dictates that when officers respond to a domestic incident, they screen victims for risk factors of being killed by their ...

Adanna Springer is a domestic violence survivor. The 30-year-old Connecticut resident said she spent most of her 20s in an abusive relationship before a program used by police to assess the danger of ...

This is the fourth Chippewa County law enforcement agency to join the collaboration.

One of the report's major recommendations focuses on the Lethality Assessment Program or LAP — a 13-question checklist police officers use when responding to domestic violence calls.

In the immediate aftermath of intimate partner violence, survivors may not feel like answering questions, or even talking. They may be seriously injured. They may be angry. They may fear for their ...

A partnership between the YWCA, local law enforcement and the prosecutor’s office is aiming to keep domestic violence victims safer. The Lethality Assessment Program, which aims to connect victims of ...

WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Law enforcement agencies from around the country came to Pitt County Wednesday to discuss a recently implemented program aimed at stopping domestic violence and getting help ...

A Maryland program designed to prevent domestic violence-related homicides will soon be replicated in other parts of the country with the help of a new federal grant, officials announced yesterday.