Gabby Petito's Father Advocates for NY Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Bill

The Gabby Petito Family's Advocacy

• 💔 The family of Gabby Petito, a victim of domestic violence, continues to advocate for victims and survivors.
• 🏛️ Gabby's father, Joe Petito, is supporting new legislation in New York aimed at preventing domestic violence.

New York's Lethality Assessment Bill

• ✅ The bill has passed unanimously in the New York Senate and is awaiting passage in the House.
• 📝 It mandates law enforcement to conduct a lethality assessment during all domestic incident reports.
• 🎯 The goal is to identify potential escalations and intervene before it's too late.

Lethality Assessment Details

• ❓ The assessment involves asking studied questions in a conversational manner to identify if a person is in a lethal situation.
• 🔫 Examples of questions include whether the abuser has access to a gun, has strangled the victim, or has threatened self-harm.
• 📞 Depending on the answers, the assessment can trigger a call to an advocate or provide information for a safer place.

Impact and Broader Goals

• 📈 Joe Petito believes that if a lethality assessment had been done during the traffic stop involving Gabby, the outcome might have been different.
• 🌍 He emphasizes that this is a proven technique that can help countless lives and should be implemented in every state and internationally.
• ⚖️ The ultimate aim is to reduce the domestic violence homicide rate, which can positively impact other societal issues like murder, suicide, homelessness, and substance abuse.