The Fox Valley Court Watch, a non-profit Organization, is offering a training session on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, for interested volunteers in Kendall and Kane Counties.
The Fox Valley Court Watch Program currently monitors the judicial process in domestic violence courts in Kane and Kendall Counties Judicial Centers. Court Watcher Observers are volunteers from the community , trained in Domestic violence and court procedure which monitor, evaluate and advocate improving services for victims of domestic abuse.
Through Court Watch, volunteers document observations of all trial activities in misdemeanor and felony domestic violence cases, with an eye toward identifying strengths and weaknesses in the Kane and Kendall County Judicial system .
Volunteers must be 18 years of age, have an e mail address, daily e mail access, and commit to a minimum of one ½ day session on a weekday per month for at least six months.
Volunteers are required to attend 1 court session to observe our function in the court room before making that final commitment.
Training for both counties is being held at the St Charles Police Building Training Room, Door 4, 211 N. Riverside St , St Charles IL on Nov. 6, 2013 beginning at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast and ending at 4 p.m.
To register for training please contact www.foxvalleycourtwatch.org for information, application form to Volunteer and /or click on “Contact Us” to indicate you will attend training on Nov. 6, 2013 and will bring the application form to the training class.
