In addition to helping victims, the VCARS program also has potential benefits to other community stakeholders:

Police and Emergency Service Personnel

• Allows officers the ability to rapidly respond to other pending crises
• Decreases repeat calls
• Provides emergency service providers with accurate and comprehensive information about available community resources and services
• Fosters cooperation with, and enhances relationships with emergency services
• Provides satisfaction that the victims' needs are being met
• Provides feedback to the officer on the outcome of the assistance provided to the victim

Community

• Improves coordination between community resources/services and emergency personnel
• Provides an opportunity for community members to become positively involved in the criminal justice system
• Helps to mobilize crime prevention efforts with the community
• Assures the community-at-large that victim's needs are being addressed