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ICCR Webinar: An Integrated Response to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation
December 5 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Free
Description: This webinar examines the problem of Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation and an innovative response policy that includes an integrated response from police and fire personnel in the City of Burleson, Texas. The presentation will review the creation of a Strangulation Ordinance that mandates extensive training for first responders and a city-wide response protocol for strangulation detection and investigation, documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms, medical assistance, and service referrals for strangulation survivors. The webinar will also cover Ordinance implementation and highlight research findings from a NIJ funded evaluation of the project completed by the Institute on Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking at Tarleton State University.
Speaker(s):
TARA SHELLEY
Director of the Institute on Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking,
Professor & Fulbright Scholar
Tarleton State University
KATHY BROWN
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Tarleton State University
CHIEF BILLY CORDELL
Police Chief
Burleson Texas Police Department
CHIEF CASEY DAVIS
Fire Chief
Burleson Texas Fire Department
