SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Police Department has launched a new partnership with Mujeres in Action to improve public safety and build trust within the Latino community.
The city has reallocated $120,000 in police funds to the nonprofit, which helps Latino domestic violence survivors. The money will fund training programs for officers on how to better assist domestic violence victims and Latino community members.
“They very much specialize in a certain vulnerable population, that being Latino or immigrant population, and that’s a population that historically, we’ve struggled to gain trust and legitimacy with,” said Police Chief Kevin Hall.
Mujeres in Action Executive Director Ana Trusty said many Latino community members don’t feel comfortable calling police due to past experiences.
“Coming from the communities that we come from, we don’t really have that knowledge or we’re not trusting of the systems. And rightfully so, there’s a lot of unjust tactics that are used,” Trusty said.
The partnership will share resources with police and address language barriers affecting immigrant communities.
“A lot of resources that we hope to be able to share with the Spokane Police Department so that when they’re seeing a victim or a survivor, they can, you know, they have a way that they can help,” Trusty said.
Hall said the training will benefit all community members, not just the Latino population.
“Regardless of the population, it’s a trauma-focused training and therefore they’ll be able to use the training in almost all their calls for service,” Hall said.
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