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Nevada VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday)

Nevada VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) . Community Overview Presentation. STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. NEVADA SHERIFFS’ & CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION. Overview. What Is NV VINE Understanding the NV VINE Project Why VINE VINE Marketing and Promotions

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Nevada VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday)

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  1. Nevada VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) Community Overview Presentation STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NEVADA SHERIFFS’ & CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION

  2. Overview • What Is NV VINE • Understanding the NV VINE Project • Why VINE • VINE Marketing and Promotions • Questions/Discussion

  3. What Is NV VINE • Started in Louisville Kentucky in 1994 • The Story of Mary Byron • In 1996 Kentucky established the first automated statewide victim information notification system

  4. What Is NV VINE • There are currently 47 states that have VINE in at least one of their counties

  5. What Is NV VINE • Benefits To Victims • Provide victims access to more timely and consistent information and notification through a variety of options • Provide victims with notifications across jurisdictional lines • Ensure victims “don’t fall through the cracks.” • Empower victims – opt in or out of service. • Ensure notifications 24/7 offender status.

  6. What Is NV VINE • Benefits To Victims • Serve more victims – TTY, email, phone • Provide access to trained operator at anytime • Ensure victim’s legal right to notification • Promotes collaboration between agencies, counties, victim advocacy providers, and justice professionals

  7. Understanding the Nevada VINE Project • Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant Funding • BJA Grant Funded through State of Nevada Attorney General’s Office • Funded to establish a Statewide Victim Notification System • Victims can register for notification via email or toll-free number • Victims can receive notification via email, TTY or phone

  8. Why VINE • Mission “To serve crime victims, survivors, and improve community safety by establishing standards and guidelines for comprehensive, automated information and notification services.”

  9. Why VINE A Legal Obligation • Victims of crime have a constitutional right to be: • Informed, upon written request, of the status or disposition of a criminal proceeding at any stage of  the proceeding; • Present at all public hearings involving the critical stages of a criminal proceeding; and • Heard at all proceedings for the sentencing or release of a convicted person after trial. • Nevada Constitution Article I, Section 8.

  10. VINE Implementation • Implementation Objectives • Installation in Jails and Detention Facilities (December, 2011) • Installation in NDOC, P&P and Parole Board (Pending)

  11. VINE Marketing and Promotions • Marketing and Promotions of VINE • Audiences • Victim Advocacy Representatives Statewide • Shelters Statewide • Law Enforcement Statewide • Sexual Assault Representatives Statewide • Community Representatives

  12. VINE Marketing and Promotions • Marketing and Promotions of VINE • Avenues • Conferences and Meetings • Presentations • Media • Presentations Community Groups

  13. Questions/Discussion

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