Safety Beyond Police: Fairfax County, VA
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Steps to Ask Yourself Before Calling the Police

Is this merely an inconvenience to me? Can I put up with this and be okay?
---> No, I need to respond.
---> Yes, I can deal.

Can I handle this on my own, is this something I could try to talk-out with the person?
---> No, I need back-up.
---> Yes, I can talk it out.

Is there a friend, neighbor, or someone whom I could call to help me?
---> No, I need a professional.
---> Yes, I can call someone I know to help.

Can we use mediation to talk through what’s happening or is there an emergency response hotline I could call?
---> No.
---> Yes.

If I call the police do I understand how involving the police could impact me and the other person?

‘Yes’ responses to questions 1-4 mean that you and your community handled the situation!

‘Yes’ responses to question 4 direct you to the following quick facts about several local professional resources:

Mediation
Northern Virginia Mediation Service (M-F, 9-5) | 703-865-7272

Mental Health
Mobile Crisis Unit (8 AM - midnight) | 703-573-5679

Substance Use
Fairfax Detox Center (24/7) | 703-502-7000

Food & Shelter
Coordinated Services Planning (24/7) | 703-222-0880 or 211

Victim Support
Virginia Victim Assistance Network Helpline (M-F, 9-5) | 1-888-887-3418

Sexual Assault
Artemis House (24/7) | 703-435-4940

Runaway & Homeless Youth
Second Story Hotline (24/7) | 1-800-SAY-TEEN or text “TEENHELP” to 855-11


Plain Text of the Resource Guide

Alternatives to Calling the Police
Fairfax County, Virginia

Professional Resources

Mediation

Northern Virginia Mediation Service is a nonprofit organization that facilitates people coming together to communicate - to really listen and be heard, to identify issues and work on them together, and to find common ground. Services are voluntary and available to the community on a sliding scale. Both parties must be willing to engage. Staff available to discuss services during normal business hours.
703-865-7272

Mental Health

Emergency Mental Health Services are available 24/7 through the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB), funded by the Fairfax County Government. Part of the CSB, the Mobile Crisis Unit is available to respond to mental health emergencies from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight daily for people of all ages in Fairfax County.
703-573-5679

Children’s Regional Crisis Response (CR2) is a 24-hour rapid response service to all youth (17 and younger) facing a mental health and/or substance use crisis in Northern Virginia. Trained counselors of the nonprofit organization, National Counseling Group (NCG), provide phone screenings and face-to-face assessment, intervention, and support.
571-364-7390

VA REACH Program offers crisis prevention and response services for individuals with co-occurring mental health and developmental disabilities. VA Reach is able to serve individuals from infancy to geriatric age who may be at risk for hospitalization or other harms. Trained staff are available 24/7 at their hotline, and no qualifying individual is turned away due to inability to pay.
855-897-8278

Substance Use

Fairfax Detox Center is a short-term emergency residential substance abuse program funded by the Fairfax County Government and located in Chantilly, VA for adults to safely detoxify from the effects of drugs and/or alcohol. Staff are available 24/7 to discuss services, including medical detoxification, buprenorphine detoxification, outreach and social detoxification.
703-502-7000

Runaway & Homeless Youth

Second Story is a nonprofit emergency safe haven for Northern Virginia teens in crisis (age 13-17) who want to move beyond homelessness, abuse, trafficking, neglect, or other harmful situations. Rapid re-housing and transitional living services are also available for homeless young people (age 18-24), including homeless young women (age 16-24) who are pregnant or have young children. A hotline is available 24/7.
1-800-SAY-TEEN or text “TEENHELP” to 855-11



Domestic & Sexual Violence

Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline is a 24-hour resource for women, men, teens and children who are experiencing domestic and/or sexual violence, stalking, or human trafficking. The hotline is funded by the Fairfax County Government.
703-360-7273

Artemis House is a nonprofit emergency shelter in for victims of domestic violence in Fairfax County who are in need of a confidential place to stay, emergency transportation, safety planning, and/or food and clothing. Legal, counseling, employment, and childcare resources are also available. Staff are available 24/7 to discuss resources.
703-435-4940

Victim Support

Virginia Victim Assistance Network is a nonprofit organization that helps people who have been harmed understand their rights and options, find information and connect with resources, access referrals and craft next steps to regain control over their lives. Services are available for free, and helpline is available during normal business hours.
1-888-887-3418

Food & Shelter

Coordinated Services Planning is a centralized hub run by the Fairfax County Government for people in need of information and referrals for human services resources in Fairfax County, including emergency food, housing, and/or financial assistance. Staff are available 24/7 to discuss resources.
703-222-0880 or 211


Community Examples

Audre Lorde Project’s Safe Outside the System seeks to empower community members to be proactive in preventing anti-LGBTQ violence, intervene when violent situations arise, and build stronger relationships between LGBTQ people of color, our allies and the community as a whole.
Philly’s Pissed & Philly Stands Up, PP provides direct support to survivors of sexual assault and PSU works with folks who have committed sexual assault or partner abuse to take accountability.
Incite! is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and our communities through direct action, critical dialogue, and grassroots organizing. Check out the Stop Law Enforcement Toolkit and Community Accountability Best Practices.
Buoy is a decentralized 9-1-1 alternative built for people who are not well served by existing emergency response services.
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How to Start Building Alternative Structures to Police in VA

Know your neighborhood: meet your neighbors; learn their names, who they are, and their contact information; say hello when you walk by.

Follow, volunteer with, and support the work of LaColectiVA, Justice for Muslims Collective, & Sanctuary DMV.

Learn skills that can help keep your community safe:
Street Harassment, De-escalation, & Bystander Intervention Training | Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Rapid Response & Accompaniment Training | Sanctuary DMV
Conflict Resolution & Mediation Training | Northern Virginia Mediation Service
Join Showing Up for Racial Justice Northern Virginia: SURJ Northern Virginia organizes white people around racial justice and police abuse. Learn more by following along on Facebook & Twitter.


Thank you for reading and learning along with us!

A big ‘thank you’ also goes to SURJ DC, who inspired us to research, compile, and create our own local resources.

Be sure to check out and share their flowchart and resource guide, too.

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A weak liberals pass to commit crime is what you want

Execute heinous killers who rob and rape in the electric chair, imprison drug dealers robbers thieves con artists for long periods with out parole that's justice

I have my own alternative structures to the police.


Glock 22 40 S&W

Sig Sauer P226 9 MM

Springfield XD-9 9 MM

Colt M1911 .45 ACP

Smith and Wesson 686 .357 Magnum

Walther PPK .380 Auto

Ruger LCP .380 Auto

Remington 870 12 Gauge

Right-wing weaklings are just so freaking pitiful!

Why else would they be letting drug dealers out of prison early. They pamper criminals

Perp breaks into your home at 3am and presses a 357 against your head - Call for mediation?

If you were enough of a shit-fuck to get on this guys hit list, I’m not sure why the rest of us would care that much how things turned out. You or him sounds like just about the same thing.

This sick freaks coddling illegals and criminals

>Sanctuary DMV

One dead cuck Wrote:
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> Perp breaks into your home at 3am and presses a
> 357 against your head - Call for mediation?

Perp brakes into your home at 3AM and presses a 357 to your head, you better hope mediation works, because it is already too late to wipe the sleep out of your eyes and pick up your weapon.

Go To Hell Wrote:
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> This sick freaks coddling illegals and criminals
>
> >Sanctuary DMV

Blaming the victim until the day you are one.

Reminds me of liberals blaming the boy for wearing a MAGA hat.
Grown-ups bullying a youth is okay with liberals under certain conditions.

Murder okay too if it’s not them.

Imagine it was your 16 year old son that was the accidental perp.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Parents-Dont-Blame-Neighbor-in-Fatal-Shooting-of-16-Year-Old-199060821.html

Democrats Hate Law and Order Wrote:
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> Why else would they be letting drug dealers out of
> prison early. They pamper criminals




They let em out early so ICE can pickem up.

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/new-notice-provides-proof-that-fairfax-county-sheriff-s-office/article_6b05963e-3149-11e9-ac92-4362a67aa3cd.html

setup Wrote:
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> Democrats Hate Law and Order Wrote:
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> > Why else would they be letting drug dealers out
> of
> > prison early. They pamper criminals
>
>
>
>
> They let em out early so ICE can pickem up.
>
> http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/new-notice-pr
> ovides-proof-that-fairfax-county-sheriff-s-office/
> article_6b05963e-3149-11e9-ac92-4362a67aa3cd.html


This practice must stop immediately.

>Sanctuary DMV

Sanctuary for illegals

Who We Are

Sanctuary DMV is a feminist, anti-imperialist, all-volunteer group standing in solidarity with immigrants and marginalized communities in the DMV area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia). We resist policies and policy proposals that target and aim to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and discriminate against Black, Indigenous, Muslim, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ people.

What is a sanctuary city?
A “sanctuary city” means that there are policies in place to limit cooperation between local police and federal immigration officials (ICE), to protect basic human and civil rights of the city’s residents.
In DC, police officers should not ask anyone about their immigration status, and they should not detain any noncitizen at the request of ICE, unless the person is convicted of a serious crime and ICE has agreed, in writing, to reimburse the District for the cost of holding the person in detention. However, because there are some loopholes in our sanctuary policy and because there are so many federal agencies in DC that are not obligated to follow it, many immigrant DC residents – documented and undocumented – are being unlawfully deported.
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I don't discriminate against Black, Indigenous, Muslim, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ people. Who have legal status in the USA

That said

They can send the illegals back home deport all of them

Caution Wrote:
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> Imagine it was your 16 year old son that was the
> accidental perp.
>
> https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Parents-D
> ont-Blame-Neighbor-in-Fatal-Shooting-of-16-Year-Ol
> d-199060821.html

Yeah. that is sad.

But why was this 16 year old "out partying" so hard that he stumble-bummed into the wrong house? Doesn't seem like he had the best / most stable home/parenting situation . . . Dad living with two kids in some friend's house; mom lives in Ohio . . .

Very tragic, but maybe the parents should be asking if they had a role in this tragedy.

That too I agree with

I Agree With Go to Hell Wrote:
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> Who We Are
>
> Sanctuary DMV is a feminist, anti-imperialist,
> all-volunteer group standing in solidarity with
> immigrants and marginalized communities in the DMV
> area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia). We resist
> policies and policy proposals that target and aim
> to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and
> discriminate against Black, Indigenous, Muslim,
> Latinx, and LGBTQ+ people.
>
> What is a sanctuary city?
> A “sanctuary city” means that there are
> policies in place to limit cooperation between
> local police and federal immigration officials
> (ICE), to protect basic human and civil rights of
> the city’s residents.
> In DC, police officers should not ask anyone about
> their immigration status, and they should not
> detain any noncitizen at the request of ICE,
> unless the person is convicted of a serious crime
> and ICE has agreed, in writing, to reimburse the
> District for the cost of holding the person in
> detention. However, because there are some
> loopholes in our sanctuary policy and because
> there are so many federal agencies in DC that are
> not obligated to follow it, many immigrant DC
> residents – documented and undocumented – are
> being unlawfully deported.
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------
> I don't discriminate against Black, Indigenous,
> Muslim, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ people. Who have legal
> status in the USA
>
> That said
>
> They can send the illegals back home deport all of
> them

Maybe ICE is Planning another one of these Operations - https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-operation-targeting-public-safety-threats-nets-132-arrests-dc-va

And why is it nearly All deportees are men. That doesn't seem fair, aren't there tons on illegal Women too?

Top.

Mental Health
Mobile Crisis Unit (8 AM - midnight) | 703-573-5679

DEMOCRATS WANT EVERYONE NEEDING WELFARE TO BE GOVERNMENT REGISTERED AS CRAZY SO THAT THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS IN COURT. complain your rights are transgressed? they government (who btw is the judge, the prosecution, and your free defender) will say "well he's crazy so nothing he says matters"

DEMOCRATS TRIED TO USE CRAZY AS A REASON TO OUTST TRUMP

IT IS A SCAM

Sexual Assault
Artemis House (24/7) | 703-435-4940

Pedo and Child abductors incorporated.

IT'S ILLEGAL TO HARBOR SOMEONE ELSE'S "RUN-AWAY" KIDS

run-aways are returned to the family unless a judge deems the family will be sued for abuse in the process

(parents have a legal liability to care for children until they are of age, MEANING MONEY)

being that they know that very well:

it's not just democrat pedos. it's an EXCUSE to be a picked winner in government in a job with no qualifications to (help illegals enter the country and etc). nothing they are supposed to be doing, that is.

PoliceAlternatives Wrote:
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> If I call the police do I understand how involving
> the police could impact me and the other person?
>

It Depends.

History has show that police respond differently based on many factors.

If the suspect is
Rich,
Poor,
White,
Hispanic,
Black,
Asian,
A Police,
Attorney,
Judge,
Govt Official
Elected Official


Then....


Well you know The rest of the story...