THE ROOM2HOPE VICTIM INTERVIEW ROOM

The HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE invites ROOM2HOPE to transform the first VICTIM INTERVIEW ROOM

These are the rooms where Law Enforcement interview Victims shortly after a violent crime has been committed. This is where vital facts are uncovered to inform the critically important Police Report.

Our Mission: “To aid THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE by designing Kinder Interview and Waiting room for all Victims of violent crime.”

BEFORE THE TRANSFORMATION

 
A CLEAN IF NOT BLEAK SPACE  BEFORE ROOM2HOPE CREATED A MUCH KINDER ROOM FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME!

A CLEAN BUT BLEAK SPACE BEFORE ROOM2HOPE CREATED A MUCH KINDER ROOM FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME!

9.5ft x 8ft. A TINY SPACE FOR REDESIGN MAGIC!

9.5ft x 8ft. A TINY SPACE REQUIRING REDESIGN MAGIC!

THE JOURNEY BEGINS …..

The HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE represented by Deputy Mark Andrews and an Alumni from the Sheriff’s Citizens Academy arrive to kickoff load-in day.

TRANSFORMATION MAGIC MADE POSSIBLE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VOLUNTEERS.

Victim Assistance Coordinator Bea Moreno and Denise Fonseca take on the walls. Lieutenant Dennis Gutierrez opens the trailer with Detectives Cameron Mitchell and Chase Fuller ready to assist. Unloading begins. Detectives Cameron Mitchell and Nelson Wray effortlessly carry some seriously heavy chairs, while Deputy Mark Andrews and Detective Chase Fuller bring the table ‘home’.

Detectives Mitchell, Blanchard and Crow locate the blankets for Bea to load into the new storage bench. Cameron Mitchell unwraps a chair, Robert Blanchard does some fridge heavy-lifting :) and Nelson Wray takes on furniture construction. And a new Room2Hope is born!

THE REVEAL!!

THE COMBINATION OF THE FOUNDER’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THE INSIGHTS OF THE DETECTIVES WHO USE THIS ROOM, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED DESIGN PRINCIPLES SHAPED THE REDESIGN PROCESS.
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A ‘PRETTY ROOM’ PROJECT.