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Janet Kerr & Howard Black

Domestic Violence in Family & Criminal Law

Janet L. Kerr, MA, LPC

Janet Kerr has worked for the prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence since 1986. Ms. Kerr is a

psychotherapist and consultant providing training and technical assistance to professionals nationally and
internationally about issues related to Domestic and Sexual Violence. Prior to her work as a consultant, Ms.
Kerr served as the Executive Director of TESSA in Colorado Springs. She is an adjudicated expert providing
testimony in domestic violence court cases throughout Colorado, Nationally, and in Military Courts.

Howard E. Black

Howard Black’s law enforcement career began in 1978 and includes over 40 years of experience with
Colorado’s 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), and the

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO). During those years his assignments have included Public Affairs
Section (PIO), Investigations, Intelligence, Narcotics, Field Training Officer, SWAT, and Patrol. He co-
managed CSPD’s Domestic Violence Federal Grant and coordinated the final stages of the Spousal Assault
Replication Project, taking this project through publication. He has been responsible for
tracking/investigating street gang members, Asian organized crime, and has served as the supervisor of the

Mountain Intelligence Task Force, a multi-agency task force dealing with organized crime in Cripple Creek,
Colorado. He has also supervised the Neighborhood Policing Unit and the School Resource Officers and has
managed CSPD’s Honor Guard and Cadet Program. Howard also managed the Special Victims Section of
the Investigations Division. His Section had responsibility for the Adult Sexual Assault Unit, Domestic
Violence Unit, Crimes Against Elders Unit, Forensic Interview Unit, Forensic Sketch Artist Unit,
Registered Sex Offender Unit, Runaway Unit, and two Crimes Against Children Units. Howard currently
works at Colorado’s 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, where he sits on the Executive Team as the

Director of Communications.

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