In a body-camera video, a DeLand police officer said the victim of a domestic violence incident did it to herself because she was trying to take someone else’s husband.
The officer then steered the October interview in a manner that discouraged the victim from pressing charges, Officer Illya Kryshchenko s superiors said in an Internal Affairs report.
Kryshchenko, 25, who has been an officer with the DeLand Police Department for almost five years, will be serving an 80-hour suspension without pay, DeLand police Lt. Juan Millan said Thursday.
Kryshchenko will also be required to go through remediation training on domestic violence victim sensitivity and dealing properly with domestic violence experts. He will also have to retrain in procedural justice, and fair and impartial policing. He will also have to retrain in dating violence and domestic violence issues.
DeLand officer suggested dating violence victim ‘skip town’ instead of pressing charges, review finds
Officer Illya Kryshchenko ordered to serve 80-hour unpaid suspension
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DeLAND, Fla. – A DeLand police officer treated a victim of dating violence as if “she were in the wrong” and told her it was best if she left town after a violent encounter with her ex-boyfriend, according to an internal affairs investigation into the officer’s response to the October 2020 incident.
Officer Illya Kryshchenko, 25, was called to the police department lobby for a report of a battery on Oct. 6, 2020. Selena Robinette, a victim advocate for the department, had encountered the victim and her mother in the lobby as she was leaving for the day and set them up in an interview room so they could file a police report.