domestic violence manual now used statewide.
By NKY Tribune
Due to the new law, Kentucky officials wanted to have a comprehensive prosecution manual to spell out what constitutes strangulation, how to determine the signs, and how to go about handling the aftermath and the trauma.
“Here in Northern Kentucky, we already had guidelines and a plan for people who have been victimized,” said Jill Brummett, Forensic Nurse Manager for all six locations of St Elizabeth Hospital. “When the state got around to a creating a manual, they realized that we already had a start on it, so they asked us to help. My coordinator, Selena McCormick, and I were asked to help put the manual together. Then my team and I trained at the Strangulation Institute that is based out of California.”
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