HomeMy WebLinkAboutII (C) Proclamation: Crime Victims' Rights Week AGENDA 4-I-97
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Ocoee
or Goo,
Proclamation
WHEREAS, one violent crime is committed in America every 18 seconds; and
WHEREAS, 36.9 million Americans are victimized in the United States each year, and of
those 9.9 million are victims of violent crime; and
WHEREAS, crime victims play an indispensable role in bringing offenders to justice; and
WHEREAS, law-abiding citizens are no less deserving of justice, rights,resources,restoration,
and rehabilitation than the violent offenders who victimize them; and
WHEREAS, crime victims and their advocates over the past two decades have made
unparalleled progress toward balancing the scales of justice in our criminal justice
system; and
WHEREAS, the bells of liberty and justice are ringing across America in support of the
millions of survivors of crime, their families and advocates who deserve justice;
and
WHEREAS, as a nation devoted to liberty and justice for all, America must increase its efforts
to protect, restore and expand crime victims' rights; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ocoee is joining forces with victim service programs, criminal justice
officials and concerned citizens throughout Ocoee, Orange County, Florida, and
America to observe National Clime Victims'Rights Week,
.'%bm.itir4 I. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, do hereby proclaim
April 13 to April 19, 1997 as
CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK
in the City of Ocoee, and reaffirm a commitment to address victims' rights and criminal
justice issues during Crime Victims' Rights Week and throughout the year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I hereunto have
set my hand and caused the Seal of the City
of Ocoee, Florida to be affixed this 1"day
of April, 1997.
S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor