The Duluth Model is an interagency approach that helps local police, law enforcement, probation, the courts, and the wider community protect battered women.

Coordinated Community Response

Duluth is not just any other city. When it comes to public safety for women, Duluth is looked to worldwide.

DAIP’s Intervention Project team was the first in the nation to coordinate the efforts of police, local courts and battered women’s shelters to make victims safer and hold batterers accountable. Known as the Duluth Model, this interagency approach has become the leading community model for responding to domestic violence.

"There are not many police departments that have advocates working in the department next to domestic violence investigators. We have found this close relationship has consistently improved our response to the number one reason women have to go to the emergency room—domestic violence." - Gordon Ramsay, Chief of Police, Duluth, MN

"The information we receive from DAIP’s intervention team provides our office with background information that is essential in achieving the best results in court to protect battered women and hold offenders accountable." - Mary Asmus, Assistant City Attorney, Duluth, MN

Better interagency coordination means better use of information to stop the worst

and highest risk offenders. Your financial contribution to DAIP’s intervention work

translates into prevention in our high-risk cases. Give generously.