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Gail Hardy nominated Shauna Harrington to serve as co-chair of the subcommittee following Jerry Wilde’s departure; the nomination was seconded and approved by voice vote with no opposition recorded on the transcript. Harrington briefly introduced herself and described her prior court-based advocacy work.

Members confirmed scheduling details: the larger advisory council meeting is next Wednesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. as a hybrid meeting, the subcommittee’s next regular meeting is March 19 (virtual only), and the April subcommittee meeting will be in person at the Legislative Office Building with virtual access for those who cannot attend in person.

The meeting adjourned after a motion and second; all procedural motions recorded in the transcript were approved by voice vote.

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Gail Hardy said the recommendation is to establish a consistent process so victims can request that their addresses be protected from defendants in criminal cases. Kelly (first name only provided) said she met this morning with Judge Gold and with legal services, and that staff are working on proposed statutory language to allow a victim’s address to be sealed in the court file.

Kelly said sealing the address in the file requires a statutory change and noted the team is drafting language that could be included in a court-operations bill or advanced by the council’s external affairs staff. She described the measure as “in the home stretch” but said it still needs a few tweaks before formal submission.

Participants said they will continue to coordinate among judicial staff, legislative contacts and external-affairs personnel to identify the best vehicle for the language and to prepare any materials needed for the larger advisory council meeting.

Ending

The co-chairs said they will report progress to the larger council and consult external affairs and legislative partners before advancing the proposed statutory language.

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Gail Hardy said the case-management system will include entries for when a warrant is received, who reviewed it, the date it was forwarded to a judge, the judge’s response and when it was returned to police. The change is intended to create a single place to track warrants and follow up if service is delayed.

Law-enforcement speakers described different local practices. Captain Heather Larocque, commander of the patrol division in the Windsor Police Department, said domestic-violence warrants “are priority warrants” and that officers document attempts to serve them in the records-management system. Rob Rosado, chief of police in Meriden, said agencies vary but that most treat domestic-violence warrants with special care.

Andrea O’Connor, family-violence victim-advocate program manager for the Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, said courts can be backed up and described a recent backlog in some courts. “The turnaround for signatures can be, you know, 1 to 2, maybe 3 weeks,” O’Connor said, adding that service in high-volume areas can take longer and that advocates lack access to warrant-status information.

Merit LaJoy, complaint officer at the Office of the Victim Advocate, argued for urgency: “I believe every domestic violence case should be considered a potential homicide,” LaJoy said, and said that domestic-violence warrants should be expedited rather than allowed to “sit.”

Speakers described internal processes for documenting service attempts; supplements and task assignments in records-management systems flag warrants for supervisors, but police reports of attempts do not automatically go to the court unless an arrest is made. Subcommittee members said the Division of Criminal Justice will continue to press partners for more uniform statewide practices and for processes that enable follow-up once a warrant is returned to the police.

Ending

The subcommittee recommended continued work with local agencies and the Division of Criminal Justice to reduce backlog, standardize tracking and explore options that would allow advocates or victims to receive status updates while protecting confidentiality.

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The subcommittee discussed Mitchell’s prior presentation to the full advisory council and a recent virtual meeting between Mitchell, Shauna Harrington and Hardy to explore next steps. Hardy said Mitchell is currently working under a grant that she believes expires in May or June but that he told the group he has another grant “on the horizon.”

Shauna Harrington, director of legal advocacy at the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) and the subcommittee’s newly nominated co-chair, said Mitchell told the group “these types of trainings work when everyone is at the table,” and suggested inviting judges, law enforcement, probation and prosecutors as regular participants. Harrington and Hardy said Mitchell’s current grant covers primarily civil-court work but that he indicated the work could cross over to criminal courts.

Members discussed timing and logistics. Harrington and Hardy said Mitchell indicated he could visit in April and that the visit would likely require only travel and lodging costs if his grant could cover the consulting work. Merit LaJoy, complaint officer at the Office of the Victim Advocate, noted National Crime Victims’ Rights Week runs April 6–12 and suggested avoiding that week; Harrington said Mitchell had also proposed the week of April 20 and that the visit would probably take two days.

Committee members proposed a brief pre-visit call to identify Connecticut-specific barriers and to share documents from other states where Mitchell has worked so that the in-person visit can focus on concrete next steps. Mark, from the Judicial Branch Office of Victim Services, suggested using the full advisory council to maximize the value of any visit while assigning subcommittees to develop targeted questions and a work plan.

The subcommittee discussed the possibility of setting up a pilot jurisdiction to test protocols for ensuring firearm surrender and compliance with protection orders; no pilot site was chosen during the meeting. Harrington and Hardy asked members to forward questions and relevant materials ahead of any pre-call with Mitchell.

Ending

Harrington and Hardy said they will coordinate with Megan Scanlon and Senator Flexer before the next full council meeting and follow up with committee members about scheduling a pre-call and a potential April visit by Mitchell.

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