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STOP Certification Requirements (Law Enforcement and Prosecutors Only)
<br /> Applicant Agency Name City of Everett
<br /> To be eligible for STOP Grant funds,States must certify to the Office on Violence Against Women that they are in
<br /> compliance with the statutory eligibility requirements of the STOP Grant Program. NOTE: If the applicant is a
<br /> community-based victim service provider with criminal justice agencies in their grant, one of the criminal justice
<br /> agencies must complete this form to be submitted by the victim service provider.
<br /> 1. With respect to the VAWA requirement concerning costs for criminal charges and protection orders, a
<br /> jurisdiction must certify: a.that its laws, policies, and practices do not require, in connection with the
<br /> prosecution of any misdemeanor or felony domestic violence,dating violence,sexual assault, or stalking
<br /> offense, or in connection with the filing, issuance, registration, modification, enforcement, dismissal,
<br /> withdrawal, or service of a protection order,or a petition for a protection order,to protect a victim of
<br /> domestic violence, dating violence,stalking, or sexual assault,that the victim bear the costs associated
<br /> with the filing of criminal charges against the offender, or the costs associated with the filing, issuance,
<br /> registration, modification,dismissal,withdrawal, or service of a warrant, protection order, petition for a
<br /> protection order, or witness subpoena,whether issued inside or outside the state,tribal,or local
<br /> jurisdiction.
<br /> 2. With respect to the VAWA requirement concerning forensic medical examination payment for victims
<br /> of sexual assault,jurisdictions must certify that:
<br /> a. the state or territory or another governmental entity incurs the full out-of-pocket cost of
<br /> forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault;
<br /> b. it will not require a victim of sexual assault to participate in the criminal justice system or
<br /> cooperate with law enforcement in order to be provided with a forensic medical exam,
<br /> reimbursement for charges incurred on account of such an exam, or both.
<br /> 3. With respect to the VAWA requirement concerning judicial notification,jurisdictions must certify:
<br /> a. that its judicial administrative policies and practices include notification to domestic violence
<br /> offenders of the requirements delineated in section 922(g)(8)and (g)(9)of Title 18 of the United
<br /> States Code,and any applicable related Federal, State,or local laws.
<br /> 4. With respect to the VAWA requirement prohibiting polygraph testing,jurisdictions must certify that:
<br /> a. their laws, policies,or practices will ensure that no law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer
<br /> or other government official shall ask or require an adult or youth victim of an alleged sex
<br /> offense as defined under Federal,tribal,State,territorial, or local law to submit to a polygraph
<br /> examination or other truth telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation of
<br /> such an offense;and
<br /> b. Under 42 U.S.C. 3796gg-8(b),the refusal of a victim to submit to a polygraph or other truth
<br /> telling examination shall not prevent the investigation,charging, or prosecution of an alleged
<br /> sex offense by a state or unit of local government.
<br /> I hereby acknowledge that, as a recipient of funding,the agency will comply with the above statutory
<br /> requirements. This acknowledgement shall be treated as a material representation of fact upon which the
<br /> Office of Crime Victims Advocacy will rely if a grant is issued. Criminal justice applicants unable to comply with
<br /> the statutory eligibility requirements will be prohibited from receiving these funds.
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<br /> Signature Authors ed Official of the Applicant
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<br /> City Clerk
<br /> JAM S D.ILES,City Attorney
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