Proposal fights domestic violence cases

Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) - A domestic violence victim has decided to turn grief into action. A package of proposals is making its way through the General Assembly's committee process.

Alvin Notice has become a familiar figure at the State Capitol Complex he's following several proposals going through the committee process to change the way the state handles domestic violence cases.

But he's not a politician; he's doing this because he is a victim.

His 25-year-old daughter, who was studying to become a lawyer, was killed on Valentine's Day last year by an ex-boy friend, against whom she had secured a restraining order is the suspect.

"Tiana was stabbed to death on our front porch in Plainville, Connecticut," said Notice.

Notice believes that if Tiana's former boyfriend had been required to wear a GPS tracking device, she would have better been able to prove her claims that he had been stalking her.

"You have a piece of paper that protects you but if there's no way to enforce it, then it doesn't really provide you with the protection it promises," said Michelle Katz of Harvard Law School.

And the advocates of this proposal think they have found a way to offset the added costs during these times of tight budgets.

For Alvin Notice this has now become a mission more important than grief.

"One of the things I realized is that if I sit home and cry, I can't be effective and being a part of this, I think is the best possible way to help," Notice said.