Safey Plan
If your partner has been violent in the past, chances are very good it will happen again - even if your partner promised it wouldn't. For you and/or your children's own safety, it's best to be prepared just in case. Remember, you do not have control over your partner's violence, but you do have control over how you prepare for it and respond to it. |
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| * Know how to leave your home, the location of the police department, the address and phone number of where you will go if violence occurs. |
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| * Keep all assistance numbers in one location for easy accesses in an emergency situation and have your purse, car keys, phone numbers, important documents and some cash in a place where you can reach them easily. Keep an extra set of these items with a trusted friend or relative. |
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| * Teach your children how to contact 911 for any unsafe situation, so that if you need to tell them to do so they will know how. |
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| * Do not attempt to stop a violent person from leaving. Attempting to stop the batterer from leaving can be dangerous. |
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| * Press charges for physical violence or threats of violence and follow through with a court order to ensure safety. |
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| * Criminal courts provide temporary protection orders and civil protection are available through the domestic relations courts. |
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| * If you have a protection order, keep a copy with you and let your employer know of any such order. |
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| * It's not safe to remain in a violent relationship. |
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* Safe shelter is available to all victims of violence 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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