The State Victim Advocate is appointed to several Connecticut boards and commissions to represent the interest of crime victims. It is noted if a staff member is currently acting as the designee on behalf of the Victim Advocate.
- Connecticut Information Sharing System appointed 2010
- Criminal Justice Information System Governing Committee 2010
- Criminal Justice Information System Digital Evidence Study Steering Committee 2023, Hakima Bey-Coon, Staff Attorney
- Criminal Justice Information System Legal Committee 2018
- Connecticut Sentencing Commission appointed 2010
- Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission appointed 2006
- Domestic Violence Criminal Justice Response and Enhancement Advisory Council appointed 2023, Merit Lajoie, Complaint Officer
- Eyewitness Identification Task Force appointed 2011
- Governor’s Task Force on Justice for Abused Children appointed 2008, Hakima Bey-Coon, Staff Attorney
- Juvenile Justice Policy & Oversight Commission appointed 2017
- Racial and Ethnic Disparity Council appointed 2007, Hakima Bey-Coon, Staff Attorney
- Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Task Force Steering Committee, 2025
- SAFE Advisory Committee appointed 2019
- Sexual Assault Criminal Justice Response, Enhancement and Model Policy Advisory Council appointed 2024
- Task Force to Study the Regulation of Professional Bondsmen, Bail Enforcement Agents, and Surety Bail Bond Agents appointed 2022
- Trafficking in Persons Council appointed 2007, Hakima Bey-Coon, Staff Attorney
Past Boards and Commissions
- Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards Advisory Council appointed 2015-2023
- Family Violence Governing Council appointed 2015-2022
- Governmental Accountablity Commission appointed 2011-2016
- Governor’s Youth and Urban Violence Commisson appointed 2015-2016
- Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Confernce Against Violence Planning Committee appointed 2000-2019
- Police Officers Standards & Training Council appointed 2011-2020
- Task Force to Study Service of Restraining Orders appointed 2015-2016
- Task Force to Study the Filing of Habeas Corpus Matters appointed 2019-2021
- Victims’ Rights Enforcement Advisory Commission, chaired and staffed 2014-2015
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