Police Receive Abuse Prevention Training
This coming Tuesday and Wednesday, Clay County law enforcement officials will be receiving training in elder abuse prevention from the Clay County Elder Abuse training team. In 2009, the county’s attorney’s office received a grant from the Department of Justice for training purposes. The coordinator that was in charge of handing out the grant money stated that the training will be used to inform law enforcement officers of the best ways to go about responding to and investigating elder abuse incidents in Clay County. The amount of the grant totaled $290,000, according to the report.
Many other reports state that funding for such training programs and programs set in place to assist victims of elder abuse has been dwindling. While that may be the case, this report demonstrates that there are still other programs being funded elsewhere that aim to assist elder abuse victims or law enforcement in charge of preventing elder abuse.
This type of funding for these programs needs to continue in order to provide the type of assistance that elderly victims need in cases of elder abuse or neglect. Several state agencies across the nation have stated that it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to maintain the assistance programs that they currently run due to a lack in funding. Unfortunately, the problem of elder abuse and neglect could continue to rise if funding is cut back. This report demonstrates that the problem of elder abuse and neglect is receiving the attention that it should receive in order to prevent any more occurrences.
