Mead Stone

Anne-Marie, to give you some context, because this is what struck me when Mead and I were in Bellevue.

You drive down that main street.

We're talking about a population of 2,500 people.

There was not a single traffic light.

Mead points out the police were responding to loud barking from dogs.

They had time to respond to these calls.

Yeah.

And David Bryan put it very well.

It still sticks with me.

He said a lot of people often look at these no contact orders as not being worth the paper they're written on.

But in his view, they are very valuable as long as they are enforced, as you so accurately mentioned, Anne-Marie.

And unfortunately, in this case, it just seemed like a lot of these violations were not enforced.

I mean, I know that you were really looking into this, too, because there are ramifications with each violation comes more time spent in jail.

Is that correct?

Yes, yes.

I mean, you've got to think about it, and it's something I've been thinking about too, and it's a really good point.

Victims of domestic violence, oftentimes the hardest first step is even recognizing you're a victim and then trying to figure out what steps to take.

Very early on, Angela, with the support of her family, identified Chris Pritchard as a problem, and they took the right steps.

They went immediately to law enforcement thinking that they would be protected.

It wasn't enough.