The issue of domestic violence captured the attention of those at the Utah State Capitol on Tuesday.
SALT LAKE CITY — The issue of domestic violence captured the attention of those at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday.
"It took the death of my daughter to realize that they're even there and to appreciate the work that they're doing," Kent Mayne said of the group of statewide organizations working to prevent domestic violence and homicide."This was after years of incidents where law enforcement were called in the two days preceding her murder, the police were called during those two days," said Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson, whose cousin was Mayne.
"They're asking some questions about risk and then when that person is at high risk, they're connecting them to a community-based provider through their phone," explained Executive Director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition Jennifer Campbell. "You don't have to motivate me or law enforcement officers that see this to care about our victims," said Tom Ross, Executive Director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
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