Agencies: Want to join the 2023 SWEEP?
Email National SWEEP Coordinator Julie Strand at dvwarrantsweep@clackamas.us to get more information -- including the SWEEP date, registration information, and a complete information packet.
An Invitation to Participate
This fall, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office will lead its 20th-annual Family Violence Apprehension Detail. And law-enforcement agencies are once again invited to participate.
Each October, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Sheriff’s Office joins forces with agencies nationwide to locate and arrest persons with outstanding family violence warrants. This collaborative effort reminds offenders that no matter where they flee, we will work to hold them accountable for their crimes. It also helps raise awareness of family violence in our communities.
What is the Family Violence Warrant SWEEP?
The SWEEP is a day-long event, in which your agency — along with agencies across the United States — attempts to serve outstanding family-violence warrants on a set date in the fall of 2023.
Last year, 82 agencies from 13 states united to bring offenders to justice, making 296 arrests and 1,331 warrant attempts in a single day.
Law-enforcement personnel were joined in the effort by probation departments, District Attorney's offices, shelter organizations, and community members.
With the speedy-trial issues that law-enforcement agencies are now facing, arrest attempts have become just as important as arrests. Additionally, the SWEEP sends the message to offenders that no matter where they flee, we will work together to hold them accountable for their crimes.