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• • <br />PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2002 AS <br />DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />WHEREAS, domestic violence transcends all ethnic, racial and socioeconomic boundaries. Its <br />perpetrators abuse their victims both physically and mentally, and the effects of their attacks are far- <br />reaching - weakening the very core of our communities. Domestic violence is particularly <br />devastating because it so often occurs in the privacy of the home, which is meant to be a place of <br />shelter and security, and because it takes place in private many Americans may not realize how <br />widespread it is; and <br />WHEREAS, each year in the United States, approximately 1.5 million women are raped and/or <br />physically assaulted by their current or former husbands, partners and/or boyfriends. As unsettling <br />as these statistics are, it is also disturbing to realize that the children of battered women frequently <br />witness these attacks, thus becoming victims themselves; and <br />WHEREAS, our prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers and victim advocates have <br />worked hard to reduce domestic violence in our County, and to assist victims and their families, and <br />through education, awareness and enforcement are striving to prevent domestic violence and sexual <br />assault; and <br />WHEREAS, public action and awareness will create a society that promotes strong values, <br />fosters a safe and loving home environment for every family and refuses to tolerate domestic <br />violence in any form. During the month of October, Americans should contemplate the scars that <br />domestic violence leaves on our society and what each of us can do to prevent it. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the month of October, 2002, be recognized as <br />DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH <br />in Indian River County, and the Board calls upon everyone in the community to join together to end <br />domestic violence that threatens so many of our citizens and children. <br />Adopted this 1st day of October, 2002. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />42Z /7 <br />Ruth M. Stanbridge, Ch <br />Circuit Judge Paul B. Kanarek stated that domestic violence is a problem that crosses <br />racial ethnic, and economic backgrounds. 600 cases have been filed to date in Indian River <br />County this year, an average of about 50 per month. This is a problem in our County as much as <br />everywhere. He thanked the Board for bringing this problem to the public awareness. <br />OCTOBER 1, 2002 3 <br />EI <br />