@>> I HAD A 16-YEAR-OLD SON,
@EZAVION LINDSEY, WHO WAS SHOT
@AND KILLED BY HIS HALF-BROTHER
@IN JULY 2013.
@PReporter: TONYA LINDSEY KNOWS
@THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVED ONE,
@WHICH IS WHY SHE WAS SELECTED AS
@ONE OF 27 MEMBERS OF THE
@SURVIVORS COUNCIL.
@THE GROUP WILL MAKE
@RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ATTORNEY
@GENERAL'S OFFICE, WHICH TRAINS
@PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
@>> WHEN YOU GET THAT PHONE CALL,
@THAT YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE THAT'S
@BEEN MURDERED, YOU SIT AROUND
@FOR WEEKS, SOMETIMES MONTHS,
@JUST WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT
@HAPPENED, WHO DID IT.
@PReporter: ERIC TRIGG, EZAVION
@LINDSEY'S HALF-BROTHER, WAS
@RELATED THROUGH THEIR FATHER,
@NOT MOTHER.
@FOR LINDSEY THAT MEANT IT WAS
@DIFFICULT GETTING INFORMATION...
@A STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE.
@GRETCHEN HUNT, DIRECTOR OF THE
@OFFICE OF VICTIMS ADVOCACY, SAYS
@INSIGHT LIKE THAT WILL BE
@IMPORTANT.
@>> SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS
@WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ARE WHAT ARE
@THE KINDS OF TRAINING AND
@INITIATIVES AT THE CONFERENCES
@THAT WE OFFER?
@HOW CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT?
@HOW CAN WE EMPOWER THE SURVIVORS
@ON THIS GROUP, MANY OF WHOM HAVE
@A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE?
@PReporter: IT'S ALSO PART OF A
@NEW TREND IN INVESTIGATING AND
@PROSECUTING CRIME.
@>> IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE US A
@REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
@FIRST EVALUATE OURSELVES AND
@THEN TO PUSH OUT THE BETTER
@PRACTICES THAT WE LEARN, WHETHER
@IT'S THE WAY WE GO ABOUT OUR
@INVESTIGATIONS.
@AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE
@CONCENTRATED ON BEING
@VICTIM-CENTERED.
@PReporter: A CHILD EXPLOITATION
@SURVIVOR, DONNA POLLARD, SAYS...
@P>> A SURVIVORS COUNCIL IS
@CRITICAL FOR ENSURING THE
@VICTIMS RECEIVE THE HOLISTIC
@SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.
@PReporter: THE SURVIVORS COUNCIL
@...
