[DV_listserv] questions

[Domestic Violence issues]

Good Afternoon: A couple of questions for you, PLEASE. 
 
1) A local DDA has asked what counties/DAs offices are doing in regards
to using the "Constituting Domestic Violence" language (as set forth in
ORS 132.586) for degrees of Assault OTHER than Assault IV (misdo or
felony Assault IV). As you all know, ORS 132.586 allows us to add the
"CDV" language to specific crimes. The specific crimes as outlined in
THAT statute are Assault IV and Menacing. Do you add that language to
other levels of Assault? Do you add it to Strangulation? 
 
2) I have received an inquiry about how, if at all, the economy has
affected allocation of funds for investigation/prosecution of DV/Sexual
Assault cases. Have positions been lost? Are you not prosecuting cases
that otherwise would have been prosecuted? Did your office at one time
have an advocate/investigator/specialized prosecutor that has been lost
due to budget cutbacks? 
 
Thank you for taking the time to answer,
 
Erin 

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