A local lawmaker has filled in for a colleague at a Task Force meeting this week.  Representative Dan Carter subbed for DebraLee Hovey at the meeting of the group that's been charged with recommending how to balance victim privacy with the public's right to know.  The pair each represent a section of Newtown.  Carter says the group will hold two public hearings.

Carter says at Hovey's urging the group decided that the hearings should not be held in the state capital, but rather places that have higher rates of crime.  One will be in Hartford, but not at a state government building.

The task force was formed in legislation blocking the release of crime scene photos from Sandy Hook Elementary and certain other crimes going forward. 

The date and locations of the public hearings have not yet been scheduled.  The task force is looking to send recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1st.