HOORAY
for the Kansas City Council. HOORAY!!! They passed a new city ordinance closing dangerous
loopholes in temporary protection orders. KMBC9 News reported Councilman Scott Taylor
saying, "The
assailant will, after the initial abuse, make contact again and sweet talk and
try and get back into the lives and build trust so the person that is abused
does not press charges. This is an
important way to stop that."
The
new ordinance allows the city to move faster in arresting violators and
doubling fines of the perpetrators during the interim between temporary and
permanent protection orders. It also protects victims and gives abusers fewer opportunities
to manipulate the petitioner out of following through with getting the
permanent protection order.
To learn more about child abuse, teen dating
violence, domestic violence and elder abuse visit HALTfamilyabuse.org and register for the free upcoming “Guiding Families to Safety Conference on Saturday, 10/11/2014.
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