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IT'S LIT LIFTED HIGH.[GPPD Domestic Violence Awareness Candlelight Vigil 2024]
IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.ON THURSDAY, GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE SPONSORED THIS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO BRING ATTENTION TO A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC, ECONOMIC, OR RELIGIOUS STATUS.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT I COULD HAVE SEEK SOUGHT SERVICES FOR WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I FIT THE DEFINITION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING IN EVERY ZIP CODE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ARLINGTON, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AND EVERY COUNTY THAT TOUCHES AND GOES TO EACH SIDES OF EVERY OCEAN.
IT DOES NOT ONLY CAUSE BUMPS AND BRUISES, BUT EMOTIONAL SCARS.
IF YOU SUSPECT THAT SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REACH OUT TO THEM.
LISTEN TO THEM WITHOUT JUDGMENT AND OFFER YOUR SUPPORT.
SOMETIMES KNOWING THAT SOMEONE CARES CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
URGE THEM TO SEEK HELP AND STAND WITH THEM AS THEY DO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GP PD VICTIM SERVICES, VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE.ORG OR CALL 9 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 9 0.