HomeMy WebLinkAboutproclamation.crime.victim.rightPROCLAMATION FROM THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK
A PROCLAMATION OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
RECOGNIZING
National Crime Victims' Rights Week
April 18 - 24
WHEREAS, Pitkin County recognizes crime victims' suffering, struggles and loss,
and values them as our family members and friends, neighbors and co-workers who have
been harmed by crime; and
WHEREAS, we as individuals and communities value rights for crime victims that
allow them to participate injustice processes with rights to information, protection,
restitution, and to be heard; and
WHEREAS, we value the critical assistance and services that provide for crime
victims' basic needs, such as fair treatment, dignity, respect and information, and the life
essentials, such as safe housing, food, support for their children, transportation, counseling
and medical services; and
WHEREAS, we value those among us who work on behalf of crime victims to not
only improve rights, services and treatment of victims of crime, but to also build ~
more just community and country; and
WHEREAS, we value our right to be free from violence, to be safe in our homes and
to live in peace in our communities;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED, that the week of April I gh through
24th is Pitkin County Crime Victims' Rights Week and the Board of County Commissioners
honors crime victims and those who serve them during this week and throughout the year
and that as individuals, as communities and as a nation, we continue to value crime victims
and survivors, and to value justice in our nation that includes and involves crime victims.
Dated this 14tn day of April 2004
County Man~g./~r
Hilary ~tcher Smith ~-~
Pitkin County Board Of Commissioners
Dorothea Farris - Chair