Connecticut domestic violence shelters should be staffed around the clock, teen dating violence should be addressed in schools, and authorities need to better enforce restraining and protective orders by using GPS technology, say state legislative task force recommendations reported by the Hartford Courant. The 20-member, bipartisan task force was created by House Speaker Christopher Donovan and has received input from domestic violence survivors, state agency staff, and others.
More than 50,000 people become victims of domestic violence in Connecticut each year. Task force Chairwoman Rep. Mae Flexer says members were mindful of the state's budget situation. Staffing domestic violence shelters 24 hours a day, seven days a week, would cost an estimated $3 million in additional funding. The price tag is less for the GPS technology that the task force wants to use to track people with restraining orders, because there would be a $25-a-day charge to the defendant. Connecticut is facing a projected deficit of $500 million.
Posted by Michael
Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:25
DV funding is a JOKE! MOST of this funding is not needed and is being used to line the pockets of those that are asking for it. MOST DV cases don’t even exist, meaning there was an argument between a MAN and his wife, that the cops tok out of hand, and the court backed up this nonsence and then the MAN is sent to take DV courses that teach nothing, and the state (Connecticut) gets paid by the government for it. What a scam…..