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Advocates and city officials back training on domestic violence–related traumatic brain injury at council hearing
Summary
Witnesses and City offices urged the Council to pass Intro. 29 to require training for first responders and an awareness campaign about traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting from domestic and gender‑based violence, citing strangulation and other head injuries as under‑recognized drivers of long‑term harm.
The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender‑Based Violence (NGBV), survivors and front‑line providers told the City Council Committee on Health that Intro. 29 — which would establish a training program for first responders and a public awareness campaign about domestic violence‑related traumatic brain injury — should be adopted to improve identification and care for survivors.
Jennifer DeCarli, deputy commissioner at the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender‑Based Violence, told the committee that near‑fatal strangulation is a leading driver of TBI in domestic violence cases and that survivors may have confusion, memory loss and…
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