Item B02BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Wed., April 18, 2007
Bulk Item: Yes No XX
Division: BOCC
Department: Mayor Di Gennaro, District 4
Staff Contact Person. Tamara Lundstrom
(305 289-6000)
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Proclamation declaring April 22-28, 2007 as National Crime
Victims' Rights Week.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Monroe County is joining forces with victim service programs,
criminal justice officials, and concerned citizens throughout Monroe County and America to
raise awareness of victim's rights and observe National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
Iwo
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No — AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included XX Not Required
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2105
AGENDA ITEM #
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WHERE", as'A natlon,�taldl� . liberty and jL9tice fdr all America must increase its
efforts to.. protect:;resbDre, And, e)'Od.i d clime v iptiniV- rights- and services so that they
apply to every victim every -time; elm -
WHEREAS; 23, millionAmpricaM are vi -qdms of crime each• year, and of those, 5.2-1
million are_vldms_Af violeiqfcri6e,,gnd allMitm5 ' of'crlme deserve' res- pect, resources;
mstoratl6n, - A-0 justice; and ali :fifty states. tie District of Columbia, and the, federal
goverTh6nt grant acme vi6tirn's %'Nuin I ai rights; and
WHEREAS, - Nationa 1. Crime *UnWRI" Week 7 -Aod 122-28, 2007 — offers us all the
oppOftri'ity tD'recommit: outs�' to _er*uriqg that -every victim 'is afforded his or her
legal rights and treated as , a ctudal ' 'partcipant In-outbriminal justice sysb&n, and
WHEREAS, as we carry crime Victims'. rights into 2007 and beyond, we must strive to
create'4 nation where tfie, legal` hts rig -of victims are honored and individuals are
accotji�tabie f6r. theff b"tiiieritpf victims; and
WHEREAS, despite-sig4cahCprogress in prowding tights and -services to crime victims
over the past two-dekadi �s large; segments'.0f- I our"'p6puloon, including crime• victims
with disab(lities, Actii s7',with Oiental illness, �ctlims,Vft are immigrants, victims -who are
teenagers, vk6rrkswho 'are elderly; , iandvictims, in rural areas, are still underserved; and
WHEREAS, Monroe Coutity is Joining,.forces:.with victim service programs, criminal
justice officials, and concerned citliens-throu-g'hout konroe.County and America to raise
awareness of victim s rights and ob" Aatiqrial Crime Victims' Rights Week;
NOW, THEREFOM 1, Mario DFGennaro, as Mayor of Monroe -County, do hereby
proclaim the week of ApHl- 22-28,- 2 7, as '
N MAL VAIGS WEEK
ATI t CPjkE VICnM
And reaffirm Monroe; CoOhys comamItMeht.th _-,respect-'and enforce victims' rights and
address their-- needs "dUring.-.Q-im`e V"' r6e,166* *eek and thrioughoufthe year; .and
'for
u $eclaitlon ! lwho-�have,turffied personal
=,i?nbrDaXotivating,i!�����ctins,of,cdm— aind'builld a
more just community:
Dated this 1EPday.bfAphI,-2007