It was a somber opening for the 10th annual Tulare County Child Abuse Conference as Executive Director of CASA Marilyn Barr welcomed social service agencies, non-profits, and law enforcement representatives from around Tulare County stating, “Domestic Violence effects everyone in the home.”
Barr went on to play, for the audience, a recording of a police dispatch call that has gained national attention in recent years.
The 9-1-1 call was made by six-year-old Lisa, while her step father terrorized her mother and two younger siblings. As the dispatcher tries to gather information from a hysterical Lisa, the audience was exposed to the horror the child had lived through countless times. “They’re having a fight because – this has been going on forever and ever.” Later in the phone call, Lisa screamed to the dispatcher, “He hurt mommy!” Minutes later Lisa is disconnected .
Each year the conference brings awareness regarding violence against children in Tulare County. This year’s conference focused on the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study. With an understanding of the ACE study, the effect of domestic violence on children was explored from all sides. The context was presented from an academic perspective (key note speaker, Carol Redding), a law enforcement perspective (Mike Boudreaux, Tulare County Sheriff) and local responders (Alma Borja, Director of Karen’s House).
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