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AC, ORPD to discuss program to combat elder abuse

Posted at 1:27 pm January 13, 2020
By Carolyn H Krause Leave a Comment

Dave Clark

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Elder abuse is a new focus of Anderson County and the Oak Ridge Police Department. The two agencies are preparing to jointly implement a Senior Citizens Awareness Network, or SCAN, program that will likely start later this year to deal with the crime.

District Attorney General David Clark of the Seventh Judicial District and his Anderson County office are leading the charge on combating elder abuse, and the office will be running the SCAN program, according to a press release. RPD will help implement the program in Oak Ridge.

Clark and ORPD Detective Wendy Zolkowski will speak Thursday, January 16, about the SCAN program, elder abuse in Oak Ridge, and the ways seniors can be protected.

Their talks will be the first in 2020 in the lecture series sponsored by Roane State Community College and the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning. They will speak at 2 p.m. Thursday in the City Room (A-111) of the Coffey-McNally building on RSCC’s Oak Ridge Branch Campus, 701 Briarcliff Avenue. ORPD is hosting the presentation, which will be preceded by a reception with refreshments at 1:30 p.m. in the lobby. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Adult Protective Services, Dave Clark, David Clark, elder abuse, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Roane State Community College, SCAN, Senior Citizens Awareness Network, Seventh Judicial District, Wendy Zolkowski

DA receives $240,000 federal grant for Family Justice Center

Posted at 2:24 pm July 18, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Family Justice Center Site Coordinator Melissa Miller and Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark are pictured above at the signing of the grant contract for the Anderson County Family Justice Center in July 2019. (Submitted photo)

The district attorney general in Anderson County has received a $240,000 federal grant to set up a family justice center.

The Anderson County Family Justice Center will help combat child abuse, domestic abuse, and elder abuse, Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark said in press release on Tuesday. It will be organized and formed during the first year or two of the grant contract, Clark said.

“Upon opening the actual center, there will be a location where (Anderson County residents) with abuse issues can go to get services from a variety of providers who will all have a representative located in the Family Justice Center,” Clark said. “In addition, referrals may be made by the Family Justice Center to other organizations that can provide help.”

Melissa Miller has been hired as the site coordinator of the Family Justice Center.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Family Justice Center, child abuse, Dave Clark, domestic abuse, elder abuse, family justice center, Melissa Miller, Seventh Judicial District, Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs

Ask an Officer: Learn about signs of elder abuse, scams affecting seniors

Posted at 11:22 am June 9, 2019
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Police Department, in partnership with ORNL Federal Credit Union, will host its quarterly “Ask an Officer” meeting at Oak Ridge Senior Center on Wednesday, June 12, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The focus will be on elder abuse in honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day happening later in the week, a press release said.

Everyone is invited to attend the free session. The discussion will focus on how to identify signs of elder abuse and scams affecting senior citizens. Presenters will also explain what the Oak Ridge Police Department and its partner agencies are doing to address these problems and how the community can get involved, the press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: Ask an Officer, elder abuse, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Senior Center, ORNL Federal Credit Union, senior citizens, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

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