Crime Victim Assistance Program

The cornerstone of the NYPD's efforts to improve its response to victims of crime is the Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP). This is a groundbreaking initiative, developed by the NYPD and staffed by Safe Horizon, the nation's largest and most comprehensive victim services provider. CVAP places two victim advocates in each of the NYPD precincts: one specializes in working with victims of domestic violence, the other serves victims of all other crimes. Building on two programs serving victims of domestic violence in a handful of precincts and in the Police Service Areas (PSAs) serving public housing, the NYPD for the first time is providing advocates to victims of any kind of crime, in all 77 precincts and 9 PSAs citywide. CVAP is groundbreaking in its scale, depth, and collaborative framework.

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