The Cambridge Chronicle- January 19, 2010

Cambridge — Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone, DCF Commissioner Angelo McClain, Police Chiefs from Arlington, Belmont and Cambridge, The Guidance Center, and domestic violence service providers will announce a new program  aimed at preventing domestic violence homicides on Thursday.

The program, titled the Cambridge Arlington Belmont High Risk Assessment and Response Team (CAB HART), aims to reduce and prevent domestic violence homicides and hold offenders accountable by refining and tightening existing relationships between police, courts, and community providers in the cities of Cambridge, Arlington, and Belmont.

CAB HART was initiated in response to the escalating number of domestic violence homicides in Massachusetts. There were 25 such homicides in 2008 and 23 in 2009. Since March 2006, approximately 174 domestic violence cases from Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont were flagged as having a high risk for lethal violence.