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Panel backs scholarships for forensic‑interview training; committee refers bill to Public Safety
Summary
Law enforcement, child-protection supervisors and advocacy groups urged $500,000 over the biennium to fund scholarships for forensic-interview training; the committee voted to re‑refer House File 2,136 to the Public Safety Committee.
Representative Jennifer Johnson told the committee that House File 2,136 would provide $500,000 in scholarships over the next biennium to fund basic, advanced and specialized forensic-interviewer training for law enforcement, child-protection workers, prosecutors, health care professionals and children’s advocates.
Why it matters: Witnesses described forensic interviewing as a standardized, legally sound practice that reduces retraumatization, prevents redundant interviews and improves multidisciplinary investigations of child maltreatment. “What we don't want is a cop, a…
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