A bipartisan crew of New York state lawmakers rallied on Tuesday to require police responding to domestic violence calls to use a specific questionnaire. Their proposal would make officers ask victims questions about weapons, threats, and strangulation to predict future homicides. [...]

In fact—according to Republican State Senator Rob Rolison, a former police officer of 26 years who cosponsored the bill—Dutchess County law enforcement recently identified 15 high-risk individuals in one weekend by using a lethality assessment.