Get tough on domestic violence to prevent another Buffalo Grove tragedy

Buffalo Grove Police work the scene where a woman, her two daughters and her mother-in-law were killed by her husband, who then killed himself, in November. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Since the brutal domestic violence murder in Buffalo Grove a few weeks ago, I have been thinking about what could have been done about a tragedy that could only be called predictable and, to some degree, preventable.

I have served, along with other talented people from law enforcement and other professions, on two governor-appointed, statewide domestic violence committees: the Illinois Domestic Violence Fatality-Review Commission and the Domestic Violence (Colton’s) Task Force. I spent 37 years in law enforcement and served on other domestic violence committees and advisory panels.