Sandy Hook Advisory Commission

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Sandy Hook Advisory Commission

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission is a 16-member panel of experts created by Governor Malloy to review current policy and make specific recommendations in the areas of public safety, with particular attention paid to school safety, mental health, and gun violence prevention.

Members

Scott Jackson (Chair): Mayor, Town of Hamden
Dr. Adrienne Bentman: Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living
Ron Chivinski: Teacher, Newtown Middle School
Robert Ducibella: Founding Principal, DVS Security Consulting and Engineering
Terry Edelstein: Nonprofit Liaison to Governor Malloy
Kathleen Flaherty: Staff Attorney, Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. / Facilitator and State Trainer, National Alliance for Mental Illness in Connecticut
Dr. Alice M. Forrester: Executive Director, Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, Inc.
Dr. Ezra Griffith: Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry, Deputy Chair for Diversity and Organizational Ethics, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Patricia Keavney-Maruca: Member, State Board of Education / Former technical high school teacher
Christopher Lyddy: Program Manager, Trainer & Consultant, Advanced Trauma Solutions, Inc. / Former State Representative, 106th Assembly District of Newtown / Former Program Director, Youth Equipped for Success!, Forensic Health Services, Inc. / Former Clinical Supervisor, Juvenile Risk Reduction Center, Community Solutions, Inc.
Denis McCarthy: Fire Chief, City of Norwalk
Barbara O’Connor: Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, University of Connecticut
Wayne Sandford: Professor, University of New Haven, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Sciences / Former Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security / Former Fire Chief, Town of East Haven
Dr. David J. Schonfeld: Pediatrician-in-Chief, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine / Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Dr. Harold I. Schwartz: Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living / Vice President, Behavioral Health, Hartford Hospital / Professor of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Bernard R. Sullivan: Former Chief of Police, City of Hartford / Former Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Safety / Former Chief of Staff to House Speaker Tom Ritter

Meetings

*Special thanks to Brandon Smith, Reporting & Video Service LLC of Hartford, CT for volunteering to provide transcripts, in addition to the Connecticut Court Reporters Association.

Reports

Interim Report - Submitted on March 18, 2013
Final Report - Submitted on March 6, 2015

Press Releases

Gov. Malloy Creates Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to Address Key Policy Areas in Violence Prevention
Gov. Malloy Names Members of Sandy Hook Advisory Commission
Gov. Malloy Receives Interim Report from the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission

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