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BREAST CANCER. FIRST HERE'S
A NEW LAW HAS KICKED IN IN
CONNECTICUT TONIGHT..THAT
GIVES VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE...A HELPING HAND.
HI EVERYONE... I'M DARREN
KRAMER. AND I'M SONIA
BAGHDADY. BESIDES GIVING
POLICE NEW TOOLS FOR
RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS...
THAT BRAND NEW LAW MAKES
CHANGES TO RESTRAINING ORDER
ENFORCEMENT. NEWS EIGHT'S
JAMIE MURO... LIVE OUTSIDE
OUR HARTFORD NEWSROOM
TONIGHT... TO BREAK DOWN
JUST HOW THE LAW WILL HELP YOU.
JAMIE?
TONIGHT... TO BREAK DOWN
SOME OF THE CHANGES INCLUDE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE
SHARED WITH SCHOOLS VICTIMS
ATTEND...STRENGTHENS THE
DEFINITION OF STALKING TO
INDCLUDE DIGITAL AND ONLINE -
GPS SYSTEMS FOR OFFENDERS
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO
GETTING NEW TOOLS.
(OPEN SHOT POLICE CAR)POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE A LOAD OF
RESPONSIBILITY - STARTING
TODAY, A NEW LAW HELPS THEM
WHEN DEALING WITH COMPLEX
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
(11:44:47 - THEY ARE ALL
TRAINED WITH THE SAME
PROTOCOL. THERE WILL BE A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIAISON IN
EACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR
STATE.)KAREN JARMOC, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CONNECTICUT
COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SAYS OUR STATE
CONTINUES TO HAVE SOME OF THE
MOST PROGRESSIVE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE LAWS IN THE COUNTRY,
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS NEED FOR
IMPROVEMENT. ANOTHER CHANGE
CENTERS ON PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
(11:46:20 - THAT CAN ACTUALLY
BE PUT IN PLACE FOR UP TO A
YEAR, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS SIX
MONTHS IN CONNECTICUT, WE WERE
BEHIND IN THAT AREA, WE WERE
ONE IN FIVE STATES THAT WAS
ONLY LIMITING IT TO SIX
MONTHS.)WITH AN AVERAGE OF
54-THOUSAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VICTIMS A YEAR HERE, KAREN
SAYS SHE AND THE LEGISLATURE
MUST KEEP WORKING - FINDING
WAYS TO LOWER THE ABUSE - AND
HOMICIDE RATES THAT SHAKE
FAMILIES.(11:47:17 - WHAT
WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON NOW
IS BATTERER ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FRAGMENTS
AND INCONSISTENCIES TO
BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
WHEN SOMEONE IS ARRESTED, WHAT
IS THE RESPONSE FROM OUR
JUDICIAL SYSTEM?)
IS THE RESPONSE FROM OUR
CONNECTICUT COALITION AGAINST
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
888-774-2900