Kurt Mechals, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County

“San Diego has been a leader for years on evidence based domestic violence prosecution but Kelsey McKay’s presentation last August to a large multidisciplinary group of law enforcement patrol officers and detectives, prosecutors, dispatchers, medics, SANE nurses, and doctors from across our county helped us motivate to improve how we identify, investigate, and prosecute strangulation cases. Moreover, Kelsey’s presentation brought into better focus how each discipline plays a critical role in the collective effort to intervene and save lives. Less than six months later, on February 1, 2017, San Diego County law enforcement agencies adopted San Diego County’s first countywide strangulation protocol, which includes a ‘Strangulation Documentation Form’ similar to the one Kelsey helped develop in Travis County, Texas for use by law enforcement agencies to identify and then fully investigate and document strangulation cases. Kelsey is a dynamic, knowledgeable, and entertaining speaker who is well worth the price of admission.”