WHEREAS, one violent crime is committed in America every 22 seconds; and

WHEREAS, 28.8 million Americans are victims of crime each year, and of those, 7.4 million are victims of violent crime; and

WHEREAS, crime victims play an indispensable role in bringing offenders to justice; and

WHEREAS, despite significant progress in providing rights and services to crime victims over the past two decades, large segments of our population, including crime victims who are elderly, disabled, or living in rural areas, are still undeserved; and

WHEREAS, as a nation devoted to liberty and justice for all, we must increase our efforts to protect, restore and expand the rights of crime victims and services to which they are entitled; and

WHEREAS, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners wishes to express its solidarity with the victims of violent crime and to their families, who are victims too.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS that April 26, 200 is hereby declared

in Leon County, Florida, and further, that we all reaffirm our commitment to respect and nurture the victims of crime and their families in all of our deliberations on criminal justice issues, and that we gratefully acknowledge the work of the National Center for Victims Of Crime in our community, and the volunteers who work on behalf of the victims of crime.

DATED THIS 26th DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 2002