"Therefore, the training isn't just for law enforcement or officials with child protective services. The training is open to the public so that more people are trained to recognize and report domestic violence. One new member of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is trained to recognize domestic violence that doesn't leave bruises. "Domestic violence, it can be verbal, it doesn't always have to be physical, just because there aren't no marks, doesn't mean that domestic violence hasn't occurred, so you can't always go just based off what you see, that's why you have a dig a little bit deeper and get to the bottom of it," Deputy Matthew Ryan Elrod said. Victims often retract statements and defend their abusers, which is why officials need the public to be trained to spot domestic violence...."The training is free and open to the public on Tuesday, April 9. The session runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Vectren Auditorium at Ivy Tech Community College. For more information on local efforts to end domestic violence, visit Speak Up Tri-State. For more information on Albion Fellows Bacon Center, which sponsors this training, click here."
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