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DC ASO, CPO, Crimes, and Statutes Update

August 2021

We updated 22 questions on our D.C. Civil Protection Orders page and added 2 new questions. We also created a new section called D.C. Anti-Stalking Orders based on statutory changes with 10 new questions. We added 26 statutes to our Selected District of Columbia Statutes page, including 6 sexual abuse crimes, 2 human trafficking offenses, 2 cruelty to animals offenses, and others. We also updated our D.C. Crimes page to include 9 additional crimes that an abuser may commit. These changes and additions were made in English, with Spanish coming soon.

Grant:

OVC – Tech2Empower

State:

District of Columbia

Whats New:

Created New Question(s)

Updated Question(s)

Added Statute(s)

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