Dating violence is the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another person in a dating relationship. Hundreds of thousands of young people experience dating abuse every year. 8% of high school students said they had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by someone they were dating.
Do you think your relationship is healthy? Is your partner supportive of the things that you do? Do they listen when you have something to say? Do they constantly check in on you? If you’re in doubt, click here to take a quiz on healthy relationships. Dating violence is never okay, no matter what form it comes in. If you know of someone who may be in a dating violence situation, please speak up. You can do this by using Friends for Life to submit an anonymous report.
Did You Know?
Types of Abuse:
Set Your Boundaries:
What is Consent?
Being a Positive Bystander:
If you are in a dating violence situation, please call 911, One Safe Place at 817-916-4323, or utilize one of the other resources down below.
Friends for Life and other Crime Stoppers programs are for those who are trying to get help for a friend, not for emergency use or those in a dating violence situation themselves.
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Friends For Life
Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County serves the following Tarrant County municipalities: Arlington, Azle, Bedford, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Colleyville, Crowley, Dalworthington Gardens, Edgecliff Village, Euless, Everman, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Haltom City, Haslet, Hurst, Keller, Kennedale, Lake Worth, Lakeside, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Pantego, Pelican Bay, Richland Hills, River Oaks, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Southlake, Unincorporated Tarrant County, Watauga, Westlake, Westover Hills, Westworth Village and White Settlement.
Crime Stoppers tipsters are 100% anonymous. Often those who witness a crime, see or hear suspicious behavior or talk, or suspect someone of wrong-doing won’t reach out in fear “being involved” in a crime, of retaliation or having to appear in court. Crime Stoppers’ system is set up to be 100% anonymous and confidential, giving every citizen the safety and freedom to make their community a better place to live.
Adults: submit a community tip Students: submit a campus tip
iTunes App: from the App Store iTunes Student App: from the App Store
Android App: Google Play Store Android Student App: Google Play Store
Just as calling Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County is 100% anonymous, so is using the app. P3 Intel is the next generation multi-lingual tip management system allowing the public to submit secure and anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs and law enforcement with complete confidence. Ongoing two-way dialog and image and video upload are also possible with P3 Intel, facilitating a strong and effective Community Oriented Policing initiative. Download the P3 Tips mobile app today.
iTunes App: from the App Store Android App: Google Play Store
The Campus Crime Stoppers & Friends for Life of Tarrant County app is a school safety technology that allows students, parents, and community members to submit secure & anonymous safety concerns in Tarrant County schools. Secure intel, ongoing two-way dialog, and photo and video upload features sent to the Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County Call Center enable school personnel and law enforcement to receive the most accurate information in order to create effective interventions and prevent violence and tragedies. Download the CCS FFL mobile app today.