Florida lawmakers are introducing the Gabby Petito Act to provide new guidelines for law enforcement in handling domestic violence cases. The act aims to address situations where victims may be scared to speak up or downplay the severity of the abuse.
Florida lawmakers are setting new guidelines for how law enforcement should handle domestic violence cases under what's being referred to as the Gabby Petito Act . When West Palm Beach police officers are sent out on a domestic violence call, they're trained to do whatever it takes to make sure that the victim is safe. But not every case is black and white.
Sometimes victims are scared to speak up or they downplay what's happening, which is where the guidelines brought forward in this proposed bill come into pla
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