Almost 60 law enforcement officers, including some with Canby PD, participated in a Clackamas County domestic violence sweep on Wednesday night, in an effort to locate individuals with outstanding family violence warrants.
Eighteen arrests were made, on a variety of charges. While the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT) led the detail locally, it was actually part of a nationwide effort that included over 300 law enforcement agencies from 29 states.
This collaborative effort, commonly known as the SWEEP, helps raise awareness of the problem of family and domestic violence in our communities. It also demonstrates to offenders that they will be held accountable for their violence.
PARTICIPATING CLACKAMAS COUNTY AGENCIES:
- Canby Police Department
- Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
- Clackamas County Community Corrections / Parole & Probation
- Gladstone Police Department
- Happy Valley Police Department
- Lake Oswego Police Department
- Milwaukie Police Department
- Molalla Police Department
- Oregon City Police Department
- U.S. Marshals Service
- West Linn Police Department
- Wilsonville Police Department
CLACKAMAS COUNTY RESULTS:
- 269 warrant attempts
- 18 arrests
- 59 local law enforcement members participating
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATS:
• More than 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and more than 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
• Among victims of intimate partner violence, more than 1 in 3 women experienced multiple forms of rape, stalking, or physical violence; 92.1% of male victims experienced physical violence alone, and 6.3% experienced physical violence and stalking.
• Nearly 1 in 10 women in the United States (9.4%) has been raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime, and an estimated 16.9% of women and 8.0% of men have experienced sexual violence other than rape by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime.
• About 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner (e.g., hit with a fist or something hard, beaten, slammed against something) at some point in their lifetime.
• An estimated 10.7% of women and 2.1% of men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime.
• Nearly half of all women and men in the United States have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%, respectively).
• Most female and male victims of rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner (69% of female victims; 53% of male victims) experienced some form of intimate partner violence for the first time before 25 years of age.