Strangulation: The Last Warning Shot-Rochelle

Intended Audience: Police, prosecutors, medical professionals, advocates, trainers, policy makers and experts handling domestic violence and sexual assault cases.

HOPE of Ogle County is hosting the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention to provide a training for those interested in learning the specifics about the investigation, documentation, prosecution, and advocacy of non-fatal strangulation cases and who are seeking to develop an integrated approach to responding to non-fatal cases

Note- Registration/Check-in runs from 7:00 am to 8:00 am 

Because We Didn't Know:

·         The History

·         The Need for Strangulation Training

·         Understanding the lethality of strangulation

·         Link to Officer and Mass Shootings

Group Exercise: Lethality Cards

If We only Knew -All Things Medical:

·         Understanding the Anatomy

·         Identifying the Signs and Symptoms of Strangulation Cases

·         Loss of Consciousness

·         Lessons Learned from Fatal Strangulation Cases

·         Short & Long Term Consequences

Group Exercise: Calling the Paramedics

How Do You Know - Investigations:

·         Identifying and Documenting Strangulation Cases

·         Practical tips for investigation Follow-up Investigation

Group Exercise: The Crime Scene Investigation

How Do You Prove It - All Things Legal:

·         The Law

·         The Defenses

·         Identification of the Dominant Aggressor

·         Legal Consideration in Court

·         Use of Experts

Group Exercise: Demonstration

They Have a Right to Know — Victim Advocacy:

·         Understanding Trauma

·         Use of Lethality Assessment Tools

·         Role of Advocates in and out of the courtroom

·         Educating Victims — Right to Know

Group Exercise- Tips for Advocacy

Now that you know:

·         Best practices & Resources

REGISTRATION:

MTU1 Member agency personnel registrations are received on the MTU#1 website.   Find Registration instructions here

Non- MTU1 Member agency personnel registrations are received by going here .

Or Visit http://bit.ly/rochellestrangulationprevention2018     Nnon-member cost is $50.

For any questions, please contact:   Ruth at   rcarter@hopedv.org   or Marisol at   mmartinez@hopedv.org or phone 815-562-4323

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING

Instructors

Dr. Bill Smock is the Police Surgeon and directs the Clinical Forensic Medicine Program for the Louisville Metro Police Department. He graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1981 and obtained a master’s degree in Anatomy from the University of Louisville in 1987. Bill graduated from the University of Louisville, School of Medicine in 1990 and completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Louisville in 1993.

In 1994, he became the first physician in the United States to complete a post-graduate fellowship in Clinical Forensic Medicine. Dr. Smock was an Assistant Medical Examiner with the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office from 1991 to 1997. Dr. Smock joined the faculty at University of Louisville’s Department of Emergency Medicine in 1994 and was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2005. Dr. Smock is currently a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville, School of Medicine and regularly takes medical students on mission trips to Africa.

Dr. Smock has edited three textbooks on clinical forensic medicine and published more than 30 chapters and articles on forensic and emergency medicine.

He is an internationally recognized forensic expert and trains nurses, physicians, law enforcement officers and attorneys in multiple fields including: officer-involved shootings, strangulation, gunshot wounds, injury mechanisms and motor vehicle trauma.

Dr. Smock is also the Police Surgeon for the Jeffersontown, Kentucky and St. Matthews, Kentucky Police Departments. He also serves as a sworn tactical physician and detective for the Floyd County Indiana Sheriff’s Department.

Gael B. Strack is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Alliance for HOPE International. Programs of the Alliance include: National Family Justice Center Alliance, Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, Camp HOPE America, Justice Legal Network and VOICES Survivor Network.

Prior to launching Alliance for Hope International with Casey Gwinn, Gael served as the Founding Director of the San Diego Family Justice Center from October 2002 through May 2007. In that capacity, she worked closely with 25 on-site agencies (government and non-profit) who came together in 2002 to provide services to victims of domestic violence and their children in one location.

Prior to her work at the Family Justice Center, Gael was a prosecutor at the San Diego City Attorney’s Office. She joined the office in 1987 and served in many capacities including Head Deputy City Attorney responsible for the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Unit. Gael has also worked as a Deputy Public Defender and a Deputy County Counsel for the San Diego County Counsel’s office handling juvenile dependency matters. She graduated from Western State College of Law in December 1985.

Gael is a former board member of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, former President of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council and former commissioner of the ABA’s Commission on Domestic Violence. In her spare time, Gael is an adjunct law professor for California Western School of Law where she teaches “Domestic Violence and the Law.” Gael has been honored with numerous awards, including San Diego Attorney of the Year for 2006, and was the 2010 Recipient of the National Crime Victim Service Award for Professional Innovation in Victim Services by United States Attorney General Eric Holder.

Gael has also co-authored a series of strangulation articles and five books with Casey Gwinn, JD on the Family Justice Center movement.