AREA CRIME VICTIMS GET RECOGNITION.Byline: Daily News Balloons festooned the central plaza of the county Government Center Wednesday as about 200 people, including several top local law enforcement officials, paid tribute to crime victims as part of national Crime Victims' Rights Week Crime Victims' Rights Week is an annual commemoration in the United States that promotes victims' rights and services. The week is marked by an award ceremony held in Washington, D.C. . Hundreds of paper silhouettes resembling people were staked into a nearby lawn to represent the 11,155 crime victims helped last year by the District Attorney's Victim Services Division. Three police officers and the county's Elder Abuse Elder Abuse Definition Elder abuse is a general term used to describe harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, including self-neglect. Counsel were recognized for their sensitive treatment of crime victims, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Debbie O'Neil, director of the Victim Services Division. Afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. , a few dozen people walked the perimeter of the government center in tribute to the victims. ``Our goal is this year was to remind the community that crime statistics are real people,'' O'Neil said. |
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