LIME CITY – Perrysburg Township will provide the site for a criminal justice legal advocate to work with victims of domestic violence.
At its meeting July 17, township trustees heard how a partnership with The Cocoon will help victims of domestic violence.
Detective Jessica Curtis said she had been working with The Cocoon for five years and coordinated a community response team. She is serving as representative for the Perrysburg Township Police Department on the team.
Different agencies and the Wood County Prosecutor’s Office work together to “try to figure out how to make survivors of domestic violence get through prosecution and get a better life,” she said.
The Cocoon not only provides shelter but offers financial assistance and support, she said.
One of the team’s goals was to hire a criminal justice legal advocate, Curtis said, and now that funding has been acquired that person will work out of the Perrysburg Township department twice a week.
Perrysburg Township is the only police department on the response team, she said.
“Statistically, the sooner you get a survivor with support, the higher chance of prosecution and getting people out of these situations,” she said,
There is no cost to the township.
“I think it’s a great thing,” she said. “We’re trying to help our community.”
Former PTPD Detective Todd Curtis was one of the initial members of the response team. Curtis retired as a senior investigator in the Wood County Prosecutor’s Office.
Some of the changes in the Ohio Revised Code can be attributed to Todd Curtis and the research and investigations he did, said Trustee Robert Mack.
Also at the meeting, trustees:
• Approved a resolution to pay Morlock Asphalt $7,626 to seal the parking lot north of the administration building.
• Approved a partnership with Webster Township to micro-surface Dowling Road. Strausser will do the work and the cost to Perrysburg Township would be $197,533 with Webster Township paying $45,575.
• Approved several resolutions for the fire department, including $4,059 for a five-year contract with Aladtec for scheduling software; $8,690 for a GlideScope, which assists personnel in visualizing the airway of a patient; $3,396 for Pulse Ox probes and cables for cardiac monitors from Stryker; $1,853 for cleaning and disinfecting of trucks and the weight room by Cousino; and a purchase order for a new Eurodib dishwasher/sanitizer for $3,475 from Lowe’s to replace the current one that is 15 years old.
• Approved a contract for the police department with Lexipol for annual law enforcement policy manual and daily training bulletins for $8,418.
• Heard the fire department was reimbursed $13,156 – 75% of what was spent – from the state for eclipse expenses. The department will hold an open house Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Approved a $50 service fee to cover costs of recording abatement properties with the county.
