POLICE CHARGING POLICIES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Native ...

Recommendation 13It is recommended that police in aboriginal communities enforce a mandatory chargingpolicy which has been developed in consultation with the community. Social controlpolicies at the community level need to be developed and enforced at the communitylevel to prevent violence against women and children.Recommendation 14It is recommended that leadership, elders and women within aboriginal communitiesdevelop and enforce social control policies through local police including the R.C.M.P.,Band Constables, tribal police, peace keepers and Women' s Control Committees.Recommendation 15It is recommended that Indian reserves across Canada and aboriginal women'sorganizations be consulted to develop an agreeable policy on mandatory charging inaboriginal domestic violence situations and that these policies be enforced by theR.C.M.P., tribal police, Band Constables, peace keepers and others responsible for lawand order in aboriginal communities.Recommendation 16It is recommended that aboriginal women and elders be given a meaningful role ineradicating violence on Indian reserves and in aboriginal communities.Recommendation 17It is recommended that aboriginal women be informed of their right to involve police inaboriginal domestic violence situations where communities have not acted to protectwomen in these situations.Recommendation 18It is recommended that there be a standardization of mandatory charging policiesamong various jurisdictions.Recommendation 19It is recommended that federal, provincial and territorial Attorneys-General address theneed to create safe environments for aboriginal women who lay charges in domesticviolence situations including creating halfway houses for violent men; shelters for menremoved from their home for violent behaviour; community carceral facilities for violentmen [and women]; and counselling services to prevent violence.Pg. 8