Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson is joining the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition in asking lawmakers for more investment to keep victim service providers in business.
"Utah spends a lot of money on criminals," she said. "It's time we spend more money on survivors and survivor services. This is something that law enforcement I know supports. They can't do it alone. ... When they connect people on the scene to services, there has to be someone on the other end of that phone."
Among them was Brandon Merrill, founder and executive director of Utah Homicide Survivors. Merrill said his budget has been cut over the last two years, and he projects further cuts in the future. Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson speaks with Brandon Merrill, Utah Homicide Survivors executive director, after a Utah Domestic Violence Coalition Advocacy Day press conference in the Senate Building in Salt Lake City, on Tuesday. Both Henderson and Merrill lost their cousins to homicide. Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, spoke of the various pieces of legislation to address domestic violence during this legislative session.
Wilcox — who is the chairman of the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee — told reporters earlier in the day that lawmakers sometimes pass bills knowing they will need to be altered in future sessions.
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