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The Abused Women’s Active Response Emergency program
(AWARE), was created
to help protect abused women by giving them emergency necklace pendants and
electronic security systems to alert the police in the case of danger.
The
AWARE program
installs alarms and provides electronic pendants to domestic violence
victims who are at high risk of physical injury in their residence. If the
defendant should come to the home, in violation of the Order of Protection,
the victim can press the pendant which sends a silent alarm to ADT
Security. ADT then calls 911 and gives information about the victim and the
abuser. ADT Security is a government corporate
partner. They donate the alarms and pendants. The 911 operator then
classifies the call as a “crime-in-progress” and dispatches the NYPD to the
scene with a high priority mandated by police.
Priority is given to victims who are in imminent physical danger in their homes
from a
defendant who might:
Other considerations include:
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the severity of the victim’s injuries
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history of physical abuse by the defendant
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whether the abuser is known to have weapons and has
threatened to use them against the victim
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whether the abuser has made homicidal or suicidal
statements
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