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Survivors and advocates tell Assembly: end anonymous SCR calls, adopt confidential reporting
Summary
Impacted parents, domestic‑violence advocates and legal organizations urged the Assembly to replace anonymous SCR calls with confidential reporting and to create tools to flag and block malicious reporters who weaponize the hotline.
Survivors of domestic and family violence, legal aid attorneys and community groups told the Assembly committee that anonymous reporting to the Statewide Central Register has been weaponized against survivors and other vulnerable people.
Multiple speakers described repeated, traumatic investigations triggered by anonymous or malicious calls. Community organizer Shamara Kelly said abusers and their allies use anonymous reports to "isolate and hurt survivors," while…
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