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Conn. crime victim privacy panel taking shape

The task force charged with recommending how to balance victim privacy under the Freedom of Information Act with the public's right to know is beginning to take shape.

 

Newtown Representative DebraLee Hovey was appointed to the panel on Tuesday by House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero.  Hovey says the bill that created the group took a tremendous amount of negotiation, but she believes it's a converstation that needs to be had and an issue that should be studied at length.

 

Hovey says she is honor to be part of the panel because it's important work that will be done.  She notes that she has strong opions on the issue being one of the representative for the town of Newtown.

 

She hopes to represent her constituency's feelings on the privacy issue.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy named two appointees on Friday. They include New Haven Police Officer Jillian Knox, who is assigned to her department's Victim Services Unit, and Andrew Woods, executive director of Hartford Communities that Care. His organization is a nonprofit group that promotes a nonviolent, drug-free environment.

House Speaker Brendan Sharkey has appointed Hartford Rep. Angel Arce to the panel. Arce's 78-year-old father was struck by a hit-and-run driver in 2008. He was paralyzed and later died due to the crash.

The 17-member task force was created in legislation blocking release of crime scene photos from the Newtown school shooting.

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