Hall of Justice, Room 101

The purpose of the Douglas County Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit is to provide a specialized group of trained prosecutors and support staff to aggressively prosecute Domestic Violence crimes.

The Douglas County Attorney recognizes the importance of communicating and cooperating with law enforcement and other public and private community agencies that provide services to families, victims, and perpetrators of domestic violence. A specialized Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit in coordination with other community agencies provides the best opportunity to achieve the following goals:

-- To stop the violence

-- To protect the victim from additional acts if violence committed by the Defendant

-- To protect the children or other family members from exposure to, or possible injury from domestic violence

-- To provide restitution to the victims

-- To hold the batterer accountable for their violent conduct