Crystal Judson

The parking lot memorial that appeared after Tacoma Police Chief David Brame shot Crystal and himself.
THE AVAILABLE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT MONEY:
GRANT TITLE: STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT GRANT (VAWA)
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/stop_grant_desc.htm
...[Excerpt] To provide funding to law enforcement agencies, nonprofit nongovernmental victim services providers, and State, tribal, territorial, and local governments, (which funding stream shall be known as the Crystal Judson Domestic Violence Protocol Program ) to promote:
* The development and implementation of training for local victim domestic violence service providers, and to fund victim services personnel, to be known as "Crystal Judson Victim Advocates," to provide supportive services and advocacy for victims of domestic violence committed by law enforcement personnel;
* The implementation of protocols within law enforcement agencies to ensure consistent and effective responses to the commission of domestic violence by personnel within such agencies (such as the model policy promulgated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police ['Domestic Violence by Police Officers: A Policy of the IACP, Police Response to Violence Against Women Project' July 2003]
* The development of such protocols in collaboration with State, tribal, territorial and local victim services providers and domestic violence coalitions...
Crystal's classmates came together and created The Crystal Judson Brame Memorial Scholarship
Tacoma police chief shoots wife, kills himself
By LEWIS KAMB, PHUONG CAT LE, ANGELA GALLOWAY and RUTH TEICHROEB
April 26, 2003
Tacoma's police chief shot his wife and then himself in the parking lot of a strip mall Saturday afternoon while the couple's two young children were nearby...
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DECEMBER 2005
THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL JUDSON FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IN TACOMA
(THE CENTER IS A GENERAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ONE-STOP CENTER -- WITH POLICE ON SITE)
Crystal's papa, Lane Judson, cuts the ribbon
AUGUST 2006 UPDATE:
This letter, signed by Washington State U.S. Representatives, was sent individually to every United States Governor, every State Attorney General, and every State Insurance Commissioner encouraging ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES to have an officer-involved domestic violence policy.
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FEDERAL LEGISLATION
ENACTED DECEMBER 2005:
The Crystal Judson Brame Domestic Violence Protocol Program, -- now a provision of the Violence Against Women Act, provides up to $186 million in Department of Justice grants to law enforcement agencies to educate officers and supervisors, and provide trained advocates for victims. The provision, part of a larger program of training grants for law enforcement, is the first federal law addressing domestic violence within police ranks. Police organizations also backed the legislation, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which has established a model domestic-violence policy for police agencies.
U.S. Representative Adam Smith on the Creation of the Crystal Judson Domestic Violence Protocol Program:
"...I am proud to announce that the DOJ bill includes an important provision that creates the Crystal Judson Domestic Violence Protocol Program. This program would provide funding to law enforcement agencies, nonprofit nongovernmental victim services providers and State, tribal, and local governments for the development and implementation of training for local victim domestic violence service providers. This program would also fund victim service personnel, to be known as ?Crystal Judson Victim Advocates,? which provide support services and advocacy for victims of domestic violence committed by law enforcement personnel..."
WA Congressman Jay Inslee on passage of the Crystal Judson Brame Domestic Violence Protocol Program:
..."The Judsons have done the impossible by affecting change at the federal and state level," referring to a law enacted which requires Washington state police agencies to adopt specific policies for dealing with domestic violence committed by employees. "Federal legislation such as this can only be viewed as a positive approach to encourage and motivate law enforcement agencies nationwide to address domestic violence," Lane Judson commented. "In the state of Washington, law enforcement agencies already have this type of policy implemented under State Bill 6161. I hope that every state nationwide utilizes this opportunity to become the best of the best"...