We are still observing National Stalking Awareness Month – please share information with all your friends – knowledge sets us free and protects us…thanks!

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January Is National Stalking Awareness Month 

COLORADO—January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that has affected 6.6 million victims in one year. The theme—“Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It.”—challenges the nation to fight this dangerous crime by learning more about it.

Stalking is a crime in all 50 states, the U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia, yet many victims and criminal justice professionals underestimate its seriousness and impact. In one of five cases, stalkers use weapons to harm or threaten victims,   Stalking is one of the significant risk factors for femicide (homicide of women) in abusive relationships.  Victims suffer anxiety, social dysfunction, and severe depression at much higher rates than the general population, and many lose time from work or have to move as a result of their victimization.

Stalking is difficult to recognize, investigate, and prosecute. Unlike other crimes, stalking is not a single, easily identifiable crime but a series of acts, a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause that person fear. Stalking may take many forms, such as assaults, threats, vandalism, burglary, or animal abuse, as well as unwanted cards, calls, gifts, or visits. One in four victims reports that the stalker uses technology, such as computers, global positioning system devices, or hidden cameras, to track the victim’s daily activities.5 Stalkers fit no standard psychological profile, and many stalkers follow their victims from one jurisdiction to another, making it difficult for authorities to investigate and prosecute their crimes.

Communities that understand stalking, however, can support victims and combat the crime. If more people learn to recognize stalking, we have a better chance to protect victims and prevent tragedies.

Our communities need to promote awareness and public education about stalking during the annual observance.

For additional resources to help promote National Stalking Awareness Month, please visit

http://stalkingawarenessmonth.org and www.ovw.usdoj.gov.

 

1 Michele C. Black et al., “The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Summary Report,” (Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011).

2 Katrina Baum et al., “Stalking Victimization in the United States,” (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009). 3 Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., “Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results from a Multi-site Case Control Study,”

American Journal of Public Health 93 (2003): 7. 4 Ibid.

5 Baum, Stalking Victimization in the United States.

 

Why would people not want the truth to come out? What are they hiding? Are they invested in the lie, and if so why?

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Is it because they are guilty and we are getting too close to the truth?  If you don’t want to know the truth about what happened to Morgan, and you don’t want the investigation open – maybe I’m missing something here, but I would think you have something to hide – something or someone you are trying to protect.

Sorry if I have no empathy for you (and you all know who you are – you are not all the wonderful readers of this blog – you are the folks that try to make vile comments to this blog that I do delete, actually I don’t delete them, I save them for a some time down the line) because I am a mother that had a daughter terrorized, stalked, and murdered.  Our world will never be the same.  I am a mother that is fighting for justice, and to help others that desperately need help.  I am a mother that doesn’t want another family to go through what we have endured.

Unfortunately for them the TRUTH will come out, and whomever wants to fight against law enforcement’s investigation is going to have a lot to answer when interrogated.

Part Two – stalking

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Part 2 of 2 “Two Communities Respond to Stalking”

Uploaded on Oct 17, 2008

This video features two jurisdictions that successfully use multidisciplinary, collaborative responses to stalking:

More information for Stalking Awareness Month

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Part 1 of 2 “Two Communities Respond to Stalking”

Uploaded on Oct 27, 2008

This video features two jurisdictions that successfully use multidisciplinary, collaborative responses to stalking:

*The New York Anti-Stalking Task Force, a completely volunteer initiative that provides a unique forum for a wide range of professionals from a six-county area to consult on individual stalking cases, and

*The Family Violence Center, a one-stop unit of the San Jose Police Department that stresses a victim-centric approach to policing and houses law enforcement, prosecution, and victim services under one roof.

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton stresses the importance of developing partnerships to address the problem of stalking.

The full training video with a companion discussion guide are available for purchase from the National Center for Victims of Crime at
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc

For more resources on Stalking victimizationhttp://www.ncvc.org/SRC

SAFETY TIP I JUST SAW FROM A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK

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this is a great idea. please pass this on…. share share share
Put your car keys beside your bed at night. </p><br /> <p>Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. </p><br /> <p>If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. </p><br /> <p>This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. </p><br /> <p>If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime. </p><br /> <p>P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem.
Put your car keys beside your bed at night.Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr’s office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night.If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.

This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage.

If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won’t stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won’t want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can’t reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn’t hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she’ll know there’s a problem.