Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A new pilot project is being launched to help save lives and to help authorities better address intimate partner violence strangulation. The Montreal police and the Quebec Crown prosecutor's office warn that a person who is assaulted in that way by their partner is at a far greater risk of being killed by them in the future.
A pilot project was announced on Tuesday that will roll out within the next 18 months in Montreal’s east end and is designed to improve the response by training officers and criminal investigation units to better identify strangulation. Studies show that strangulation is a strong predictor of homicide, something that is known to authorities, Ducasse-Hathi added.“It has a specific kind of manner to it that implies control, a domination on the part of the aggressor that shows the victim that their life is literally in her hands. It’s a serious crime, so when victims report strangulation, we need to intervene.”
A release detailing the DPCP and SPVM’s initiative says it will also ensure that partner organizations, like the Crime Victims Assistance Centres , will offer victims more support and give them information about the different symptoms they might experience in the hours and days after the assault.
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