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Newtown teacher, state Rep. among Sandy Hook Advisory members

The 16 members of Governor Malloy's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission have been appointed.  The panel will review and make specific recommendations about public safety, mental health and gun violence prevention. 

 

The group is being chaired by Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson. 

 

Jackson is joined by Newtown Middle School teacher Ron Chivinski, Dr Adrienne Bentman who is director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program at Hartford Hospital and Professor Wayne Sandford of the University of New Haven Henry Lee College of Criminal Justice-Forensic Sciences.

 

Outgoing Newtown state Representative Chris Lyddy, who has worked at the Juvenile Risk Reduction Center and as a consultant for Advanced Trauma Solutions, is a commission member. 

 

They will be joined by Hartford Hospital's Chief Psychiatrist, a former Hartford Police Chief who is also a former commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and by the executive director of the Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic.

 

Norwalk Fire Chief Denis McCarthy, UConn Police Chief Barbara O'Connor and State Board of Ed member-former teacher Patricia Keavney Maruca are also members of the panel.

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