The Centers Against Violence want to thank everyone who could come out for Domestic Violence Proclamation Signing with City of Parsons. Listed from left: Amy Cummings, Tucker Day Reporting Behavioral Health Direc-tor: Biker Scottie, Day Reporting Home Confinement Officer; Kevin. Keplinger, City of Parsons Chief of Police; Tiffany Zirkle, Children’s Advocacy Center, Forensic Interviewer/Engagement Coordinator; Mike Simmons, City Administrator (stand in for Mayor); Kim Shaffer, Centers Against Violence, Tucker Co Advocate for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; Amanda Simmons, EMS Director; Dominique Meadows, Tucker Co Day Reporting Case Manager; Alexis Baker, Tucker Day Reporting Project Coordinator and Jessica James, Tucker Day Report Service Coordinator. All wear purple to show support.
The proclamation reads: Domestic Violence Awareness Month is observed nationally in October to raise awareness, support survivors, provide education to break the cycle of domestic violence and to honor lives lost to domestic violence. The effects of domestic violence extend beyond the immediate victims, impacting children, families, neighborhoods, and society at large; and County is committed to fostering safe communities where individuals and families can live free from violence, abuse, and fear
