RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — It is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said it is committed to ending the crime in our community.
Deputies are now using the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), which is a screening tool designed to identify domestic violence survivors who may be at the highest risk. It works as a series of questions deputies ask potential survivors when called to a scene. If they are considered high risk based on their answers, they are put in contact with “Interact.”
“Interact” is Wake County’s largest non-profit organization that helps domestic violence survivors with resources like shelter and legal advice. Now that they have partnered, 300 sheriff’s deputies have been trained to identify people who may need life-saving resources…