The Oceanside Police Department encourages you to call your local police department or counseling center if you or a loved one is involved in an abusive relationship. To reach the Oceanside Police Department, call 760-435-4900. If you are violent with others, admit that you have a problem and ask for help.

The Department's Family Protection Unit takes domestic violence seriously. It hurts everyone inside the family and throughout the community and is reported in families from all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Rich, poor, young and old, victims struggle with the same emotions and fears. Victims are provided information on available resources and contacts so that they may facilitate their removal from these dangerous situations.

Gael Strack, San Diego Assistant City Attorney has been quoted as saying, "Oceanside and Chula Vista are among the exemplary law enforcement agencies when it comes to handling domestic violence cases."

You may be in a battering relationship if you:

• Are frightened of your partner's temper
• Agree to situations because you are afraid to hurt your partner's feelings or are afraid of your partner's anger
• Don't want to abandon your partner because he/she is troubled or he/she needs you to get along
• Find yourself apologizing to yourself and others for your partner's behavior when you are treated badly
• Have been hit, kicked, shoved or had objects thrown at you by your partner when jealous or angry
• Choose friends and activities based on how your partner will react

You may be a batterer if you:

• Are suspicious of your partner when he/she leaves home
• Get very angry very quickly
• Criticize or find fault with your partner a lot
• Have difficulty expressing your feelings
• Drink heavily or use drugs
• Feel the need to protect your partner to the extent that you want to make decisions regarding his/her behavior and decisions
• Have broken or thrown objects in anger, especially if thrown at your partner

Links to related Web sites:

San Diego Domestic Violence Council:
http://www.sandiegodvcouncil.org/

• Aging & Independence Services
• County of San Diego
• County of San Diego, Superior Court
• County of San Diego, Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Violence Prevention
• San Diego City Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit
• San DiegoDomestic Violence Council
• San Diego Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit
• San Diego YWCA
• Sexual Assault Training & Investigations (SATI)

Regional Links

• Domestic Violence Project of Santa Clara County
• California Directory of Family Violence
• California District Attorneys Association
• Regional Task Force on the Homeless
• SafeNetwork -- Domestic Violence Resources
• Love Me Not, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Stalking Site
• Safe at Home
• The Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Women's Justice Center (English and Spanish)
• Women's Resource Guide

National Links

• Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Welcome to the CAVNET Home Page
• Crime Victims
• Domestic Violence - American Bar Association
• Department of Defense
• Florida’s Perspective on Domestic Violence: A 1999 Survey of Public Opinion
• Homicide Data from 1976 to1997
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• NDAA-APRI
• Violence Against Women and Family Violence (VAWFV)
• Violence Against Women Office
• Violence Against Women Online Resources

Important Family Protection Resource Phone Numbers

HOTLINES
Child Abuse Hotline *24 hours	1-800- 344-6000
National Domestic Violence Hotline	1-800- 799-7233 (SAFE)
Missing Children Hotline	1-800-222-FIND
Runaway Hotline	1-800-843-5200
We Tip-San Diego	1-800-783-7463
Community Resource Center	633-1111
Adult Protective Services	1-800-523-6444
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Crisis Team *24 hours (Mental Health)	1-619-236-3339
Woman's Resource Center	757-3500
Community Resource Center	633-1111
Community Mental Health	967-4475
United Way Info Line	943-0997
Turning Point	941-2800
Crisis Assistance/Suicide Hotline	1-800-521-6444
ADULT SERVICES
Social Services Public Inquiry Unit	1-619-557-0422
ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE
Alcoholics Anonymous	758-2514
Camp Pendleton (SACO)	725-4381
M. I. T. E.	721-2781
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Casa de Amparo	754-5500
Child Protective Services/County of San Diego	1-800-344-6000
MAAC Project Head Start	471-4210
Child Care Resource Services	471-2751
YMCA OZ, North Coast	721-8930
COURT SERVICES
District Attorney's Office	806-4004
District Attorney’s Family Protection Unit	806-4004
Victim/Witness Assistance Office	806-4079
District Attorney' Office (Downtown San Diego)	1-619-531-4345
Clerk of the Superior Court –Vista	726-9595
Restraining Orders - Info/Vista Court	726-9595
S. D. S. O. Vista - Booking	940-4473
S. D. S. O. Vista - Information	940-4473
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Women's Resource Center	757-3500
Community Resource Center	633-1111
E.Y.E. – Escondido	747-6281
Battered Women's Services	1-619-234-3164
Center For Community Solutions	1-858-272-5777
EMERGENCY FOOD/CLOTHING
North County Service Center	721-2117
Women's Resource Center	757-3500
Community Resource Center	633-1111
San Luis Rey (Parish Center)	757-3250 EXT-314
FAMILY SERVICES
Women's Resource Center	757-3500
Community Resource Center	633-1111
MAAC Project Headstart	1-619-471-4210
Lifeline	726-4900
Oceanside (Counseling)	757-0118
Camp Pendleton Social Services	725-1318
Camp Pendleton Family Service Center	725-6352
Family Recovery Center (EYE)	439-6702
AL-ANON	1-800-690-2666
LAW ENFORCEMENT
EMERGENCY (All Jurisdictions)	911
Oceanside Police Department	435-4900
Carlsbad Police Department	931-2197
San Diego Sheriff's Department	1-858-974-2222
Encinitas	753-1252
Vista	940-4561
San Marcos	736-2140
Fallbrook/Bonsall	723-6050
All Others	758-6301
Vista Detention Facility	940-4473
Las Colinas Detention Facility	1-619-258-3176