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Stalking Jackie Lacey District Attorney Los Angeles County Staff members are available to assist victims in several languages. The District Attorney’s Stalking and Threat Assessment Team has a specially assigned victim services representative to assist with referrals and questions related to available services for stalking victims countywide. Where to Find Help Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-978-3600 Los Angeles Rape and Battery Crisis Line 1-877-633-0044 Los Angeles County Superior Court (for restraining orders) 213-830-0830 DA–2274 9/18 Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Bureau of Victim Services 1-800-380-3811 http://da.lacounty.gov/victims What is Stalking? Stalking is a deliberate pattern of threatening conduct that causes the victim to feel afraid. Most victims know their stalkers. Stalkers can be current or former spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbors or acquaintances from work or school. Occasionally, the stalker is a stranger to the victim. In extreme cases, stalking escalates to physical violence, even murder. The majority of murdered women are stalked by their killers before the slaying. Stalking behavior can include: n Threatening (verbally, in writing or by any other means of communication) to harm or kill the victim or the victim’s family, friends or pets n Repeatedly following the victim to his/her home, job, gym, school or other places n Repeatedly calling the victim at home or at work n Repeatedly sending the victim unwanted letters, faxes, emails, text messages or voice mails n Sending the victim unwanted gifts or items, including menacing things such as dead flowers, torn-up photos, disfigured dolls or dead animals n Repeatedly waiting outside the victim’s home or workplace for no legitimate reason n Showing up uninvited at places or events where the victim is present n Vandalizing or breaking into the victim’s car, home or other property n Stealing the victim’s mail or monitoring the victim’s voice mail or email messages n Utilizing online information sources or electronic devices such as GPS (Global Positioning System) equipment to track or monitor the victim’s activities n Posting harassing information about the victim on the Internet, in chat rooms or other public places What to Do If You Are Stalked n Call 911 if you believe you are in immediate danger, or, if possible, go directly to a safe place such as a police or fire station. If someone is following you, don’t go home alone. Go to a public place and get help. n Report the crime to police as soon as you believe you are being stalked. n Get a restraining order. It’s free, and there are people to help you with the process. Call the Los Angeles County Superior Court at 213-830-0830. Carry a copy of your restraining order with you at all times. n Contact a hotline, such as those listed in this pamphlet, and seek advice. n If the stalker has a key to your residence, change your locks, add extra deadbolts or get an alarm system to secure your home. n Save all emails, voice mails, text messages, social media posts or other evidence of harassment. Keep any cards, letters, notes, gifts or items the stalker leaves for you. n Keep a detailed record of all calls, contacts, threats and incidents involving the stalker. Document the names of any witnesses to these incidents. Write down the times, dates, locations and specifics of each incident. n Tell trusted family members, neighbors, friends and co-workers if you are being stalked so they can be on the lookout for the stalker and know not to give out any information about you or your whereabouts if contacted by the stalker. n Screen all telephone calls using the caller ID and call blocking functions on your home and mobile telephones. Only answer calls from names or numbers you recognize. n Be cautious when using social media and online networking. Do not add new “friends,” “followers,” “connections” or “contacts” you do not recognize. Adjust your privacy settings to share information with only approved people. Avoid posting or otherwise disclosing your present or future whereabouts online. n Protect your address and personal information. If necessary, obtain a post office box to receive your mail. Be cautious when using Internet social networking sites and chat rooms. Change your email address and any passwords the stalker might know. n Vary your driving routes and routines if possible to avoid being followed. Victim Services The District Attorney’s Bureau of Victim Services is available in courthouses and police stations throughout the county to assist crime victims who suffered injury or were threatened with injury. Victim services representatives provide assistance and resources to help keep victims safe and counseling referrals to address the trauma of stalking victimization. In addition to helping victims obtain restitution, victim services representatives provide crisis- intervention services and necessary referrals to crime victims and their families; assist in securing protective orders; guide crime victims through the court process; help arrange emergency shelter, food and clothing; and assist in filing for compensation through the California Victim Compensation Board. Victims of violence or threats of violence with police reports on file may be eligible to receive compensation for qualifying losses and expenses related to the crime such as loss of wages and relocation, medical and counseling expenses.

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Page 1: What is Stalking? What to Do If You Are Stalked Stalking n

Stalking

Jackie LaceyDistrict AttorneyLos Angeles County

Staff members are available to assist victims in several languages.

The District Attorney’s Stalking and Threat Assessment Team has a specially assigned victim services representative to assist with referrals and questions related to available services for stalking victims countywide.

Where to Find Help

Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Hotline1-800-978-3600

Los Angeles Rape and Battery Crisis Line1-877-633-0044

Los Angeles County Superior Court (for restraining orders)213-830-0830

DA–2274 9/18

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s

Bureau of Victim Services

1-800-380-3811http://da.lacounty.gov/victims

What is Stalking?

Stalking is a deliberate pattern of threatening conduct that causes the victim to feel afraid. Most victims know their stalkers. Stalkers can be current or former spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbors or acquaintances from work or school. Occasionally, the stalker is a stranger to the victim.

In extreme cases, stalking escalates to physical violence, even murder. The majority of murdered women are stalked by their killers before the slaying.

Stalking behavior can include:

n Threatening (verbally, in writing or by any other means of communication) to harm or kill the victim or the victim’s family, friends or pets

n Repeatedly following the victim to his/her home, job, gym, school or other places

n Repeatedly calling the victim at home or at work

n Repeatedly sending the victim unwanted letters, faxes, emails, text messages or voice mails

n Sending the victim unwanted gifts or items, including menacing things such as dead flowers, torn-up photos, disfigured dolls or dead animals

n Repeatedly waiting outside the victim’s home or workplace for no legitimate reason

n Showing up uninvited at places or events where the victim is present

n Vandalizing or breaking into the victim’s car, home or other property

n Stealing the victim’s mail or monitoring the victim’s voice mail or email messages

n Utilizing online information sources or electronic devices such as GPS (Global Positioning System) equipment to track or monitor the victim’s activities

n Posting harassing information about the victim on the Internet, in chat rooms or other public places

What to DoIf You Are Stalked

n Call 911 if you believe you are in immediate danger, or, if possible, go directly to a safe place such as a police or fire station. If someone is following you, don’t go home alone. Go to a public place and get help.

n Report the crime to police as soon as you believe you are being stalked.

n Get a restraining order. It’s free, and there are people to help you with the process. Call the Los Angeles County Superior Court at 213-830-0830. Carry a copy of your restraining order with you at all times.

n Contact a hotline, such as those listed in this pamphlet, and seek advice.

n If the stalker has a key to your residence, change your locks, add extra deadbolts or get an alarm system to secure your home.

n Save all emails, voice mails, text messages, social media posts or other evidence of harassment. Keep any cards, letters, notes, gifts or items the stalker leaves for you.

n Keep a detailed record of all calls, contacts, threats and incidents involving the stalker. Document the names of any witnesses to these incidents. Write down the times, dates, locations and specifics of each incident.

n Tell trusted family members, neighbors, friends and co-workers if you are being stalked so they can be on the lookout for the stalker and know not to give out any information about you or your whereabouts if contacted by the stalker.

n Screen all telephone calls using the caller ID and call blocking functions on your home and mobile telephones. Only answer calls from names or numbers you recognize.

n Be cautious when using social media and online networking. Do not add new “friends,” “followers,” “connections” or “contacts” you do not recognize. Adjust your privacy settings to share information with only approved people. Avoid posting or otherwise disclosing your present or future whereabouts online.

n Protect your address and personal information. If necessary, obtain a post office box to receive your mail. Be cautious when using Internet social networking sites and chat rooms. Change your email address and any passwords the stalker might know.

n Vary your driving routes and routines if possible to avoid being followed.

Victim Services

The District Attorney’s Bureau of Victim Services is available in courthouses and police stations throughout the county to assist crime victims who suffered injury or were threatened with injury. Victim services representatives provide assistance and resources to help keep victims safe and counseling referrals to address the trauma of stalking victimization.

In addition to helping victims obtain restitution, victim services representatives provide crisis-intervention services and necessary referrals to crime victims and their families; assist in securing protective orders; guide crime victims through the court process; help arrange emergency shelter, food and clothing; and assist in filing for compensation through the California Victim Compensation Board.

Victims of violence or threats of violence with police reports on file may be eligible to receive compensation for qualifying losses and expenses related to the crime such as loss of wages and relocation, medical and counseling expenses.

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Stalking

Jackie LaceyAbugado ng DistritoLos Angeles County

sa krimen tulad ng pagkawala ng sahod at pag-iibang tirahan, mga gastusin sa medikal at pagpapayo/counseling.

Mayroong mga kawani na maaaring tumulong sa biktima sa ilang mga wika.

May espesyal na itinalagang kinatawan ng mga serbisyo sa biktima ang District Attorney’s Stalking and Threat Assessment Team upang tumulong sa mga referral at mga tanong na may kaugnayan sa mga serbisyong maaari para sa mga biktima ng stalking sa buong county.

Saan Makakahingi ng Tulong

Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Hotline1-800-978-3600

Los Angeles Rape and Battery Crisis Line1-877-633-0044

Los Angeles County Superior Court (para sa mga restraining order)213-830-0830

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s

Bureau of Victim Services

1-800-380-3811http://da.lacounty.gov/victims

Ano ang Stalking?

Ang stalking o paniniktik ay isang sinasadyang pattern ng pag-uugaling nagbabanta na nagdudulot na matakot ang biktima. Kilala ng karamihan sa mga biktima ang kanilang mga stalker. Ang mga stalker ay maaaring ang kasalukuyan o nakaraang asawa, nobyo, nobya, kapitbahay o kakilala sa trabaho o paaralan. Paminsan-minsan, hindi kilala ng biktima ang stalker.

Sa mga matinding kaso, ang stalking ay umaabot sa pisikal na karahasan, pati na sadyang pagpatay. Ang karamihan sa mga napatay na babae ay tiniktikan ng pumatay sa kanila bago ang pagpatay.

Kabilang sa pag-uugali na maituturing na stalking ang: n Pagbabanta (nang pasalita, o nakasulat o sa pamamagitan ng anumang iba pang paraan ng komunikasyon) na sasaktan o papatayin ang biktima, o ang kapamilya, kaibigan o alagang-hayop ng biktima n Paulit-ulit na pagsunod sa biktima sa kanyang bahay, trabaho, gym, paaralan o iba pang mga lugarn Paulit-ulit na pagtawag sa biktima sa bahay o sa trabaho n Paulit-ulit na pagpapadala sa biktima ng mga hindi ninanais na sulat, fax, email, text message o voice mail n Pagpapadala sa biktima ng hindi ninanais na mga regalo o bagay, tulad ng mga nagbabantang bagay tulad ng mga patay na bulaklak, pinunit na mga litrato, dispiguradong manika, o patay na hayop n Paulit-ulit na paghihintay sa labas ng bahay o lugar ng trabaho ng biktima nang walang lehitimong dahilan n Pagpunta nang hindi inimbita sa mga lugar o kaganapan na kung saan naroroon ang biktima n Pag-vandalize o pagpasok nang walang pahintulot sa sasakyan, bahay o iba pang ari-arian ng biktima n Pagnanakaw ng mail/sulat ng biktima o pagsubaybay sa mga voice mail o email messages ng biktima n Paggamit ng mga mapagkukunan ng online na impormasyon o mga elektronikong device tulad ng GPS (Global Positioning System) upang subaybayan ang mga aktibidad ng biktima n Pag-post ng impormasyon na nakapanggigipit sa biktima sa Internet, sa mga chat room o iba pang mga pampublikong lugar

Ano ang Dapat GawinKung Ikaw ay Inii-stalk

n Tumawag sa 911 kung naniniwala ka na ikaw ay nasa agarang panganib, o, kung maaari, pumunta nang direkta sa isang ligtas na lugar tulad ng istasyon ng pulis o bumbero. Kung may sumusunod sa iyo, huwag umuwi nang mag-isa. Pumunta sa isang pampublikong lugar at humingi ng tulong.n I-ulat ang krimen sa pulis sa sandaling naniniwala kang mayroong nagso-stalk sa iyo. n Kumuha ng restraining order. Ito ay libre, at mayroong mga taong tutulong sa iyo sa proseso. Tawagan ang Los Angeles County Superior Court sa 213-830-0830. Magdala ng kopya ng restraining order sa lahat ng oras. n Tumawag sa isang hotline, tulad ng iyong mga nakalista sa pamplet na ito, at humingi ng payo.n Kung mayroong susi sa iyong tirahan ang stalker, palitan ang mga kandado, magdagdag ng ekstra na kandado o magkabit ng alarm system upang gawing ligtas ang iyong tirahan.n I-save ang lahat ng mga email, voice mail, text message, post sa social media o iba pang patunay ng panliligalig. Itabi ang anumang mga card, sulat, regalo o bagay na iniiwan para sa iyo ng stalker. n Magkaroon ng detalyadong talaan ng lahat ng mga tawag, pakikipag-ugnayan, pagbabanta at pangyayaring kinasasangkutan ng stalker. Itala ang pangalan ng anumang mga testigo sa mga insidenteng ito. Isulat ang mga oras, petsa, lokasyon at detayle ng bawat insidente. n Sabihin sa mga pinagkakatiwalaang miyembro ng pamilya, mga kapitbahay, kaibigan at kasamahan sa trabaho kung mayroong nagso-stalk sa iyo upang maantabayanan din nila ang stalker at hindi nila ibigay ang anumang impormasyon tungkol sa iyo o sa iyong mga pinupuntahan kung sila ay tinanong ng nasabing stalker. n I-screen ang lahat ng mga tawag sa telepono gamit ang caller ID at call blocking na mga function sa iyong mga telepono sa bahay at sa mobile phone. Sagutin lamang ang mga tawag mula sa mga pangalan o numero na kilala mo.

n Maging maingat kapag gumagamit ng social media at online networking. Huwag mag-add ng mga bagong “friend,” “follower,” “connection” o “contact” na hindi mo kilala. I-adjust ang iyong mga setting sa privacy upang magbahagi ng impormasyon lamang sa mga inaprubahang tao. Iwasang mag-post o kung hindi man, iwasan ang magbigay-alam online kung nasaan ka sa kasalukuyan o sa hinaharap. n Protektahan ang iyong address at personal na impormasyon. Kung kinakailangan, kumuha ng post office box upang matanggap ang iyong mga sulat. Maging maingat kapag gumagamit ng mga site ng social networking at mga chat room sa Internet. Baguhin ang iyong email address at anumang mga password na maaaring alam ng stalker.n Iba-ibahin ang iyong ruta kapag nagmamaneho at karaniwang ginagawa kung maaari, upang maiwasan na masundan.

Mga Serbisyo sa Biktima

Ang District Attorney’s Bureau of Victim Services ay matatagpuan sa mga hukuman at istasyon ng pulis sa buong county upang tulungan ang mga biktima ng krimen na nagdusa mula sa pinsala o binantaan ng pinsala. Ang mga kinatawan ng mga serbisyo sa biktima ay nagbibigay ng tulong at mapagkukunan upang mapanatiling ligtas ang mga biktima at magbigay ng mga referral sa pagpapayo/counseling upang matugunan ang trauma ng pagiging biktima ng stalking.

Bilang karagdagan sa pagtulong sa mga biktima na makakuha ng bayad-pinsala, ang mga kinatawan ng mga serbisyo sa biktima ay nagbibigay ng mga serbisyo sa crisis intervention at mga kinakailangang referral sa mga biktima ng krimen at kanilang mga pamilya; tumutulong sa pagkuha ng atas ng proteksyon; naggagabay sa mga biktima ng krimen sa buong proseso ng korte; tumutulong sa pagsasaayos ng emerhensyang matutuluyan, pagkain at damit; at tumutulong sa paghingi ng kabayaran para sa biktima sa pamamagitan ng California Victim Compensation Board.

Ang mga biktima ng karahasan o pagbabanta ng karahasan na mayroong naka-file na mga police report ay maaaring makatanggap ng kabayaran para sa mga kwalipikadong kawalan at gastusin na may kaugnayan

DA–2274 9/18