3.2 Proclamation Domestic Violence AwarenessDomestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation
October 2022
WHEREAS, domestic violence is a widespread, preventable, public health problem impacting
all demographics of Kansans, including the City of Salina; and
WHEREAS, relationships are often counted as life's greatest treasures, and tragically, many are
tarnished by one person's feeling of entitlement to power and control over the other, resulting inviolenceandfear; and
WHEREAS, domestic violence abusers violate an individual's privacy, dignity, security, and
humanity - with their intentional, systematic use of financial, psychological, sexual, and physical
coercive control and abuse; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice reports domestic violence homicides comprise 14%
percent of all homicides in the U.S. and that women are more than twice as likely as men to be
killed by an intimate partner; the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports 34 domestic violence
homicides were 17.6% of all homicides in Kansas in 2020; and
WHEREAS, in Kansas in 2020, a domestic violence abuser murdered another person every 10
days; a domestic violence abuser committed a violent act reported to law enforcement every 22
minutes; and law enforcement made an arrest due to domestic violence every 47 minutes; and
WHEREAS, since October of 2021, DVACK served 915 victims within its 10 county region,
601 of which were fiom Saline County and yet these numbers do not accurately reflect the total
number of domestic violence victims as many were continuing to struggle against isolation and
other impacts of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, we as the governing body of Salina recognize this violence is inconsistent with our
City's values and cannot be ignored, excused, or tolerated; and
WHEREAS, in declaring this month of October as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" we
encourage all citizens to know the facts about domestic violence, to familiarize themselves with
resources, to recognize subtle signs of control tactics, to act as safe support systems, to speak
up against perpetrators of violence and any messages that inadvertently condone domestic
violence, to get involved, to teach others and prepare future generations for healthy relationships,
and to donate time or resources to their local domestic violence agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Trent W. Davis, M.D., Mayor, do hereby proclaim October 2022 as
Domestic Violence Ai vureness Alonth in the city of Salina.
Dated this 24' day of October, 2022.
Trent W. Davis, M.D., Mayor