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The Vulcan Regional
Victim Services began operations in September 2001. The society is a
not-for-profit, volunteer based, registered society, working directly from the
Vulcan RCMP detachment.
The aims of VRVSS is to limit the impact of crime or tragedy on victimized
persons by providing assistance, support, information and referral to
individuals living in and visiting Vulcan County.
VRVSS provides assistance to both primary victims (persons who have experienced
direct injury, loss or trauma) and secondary victims (persons beyond the
immediate victim to whom the repercussion of a crime/trauma may spread
including friends, family and co-workers).
The VRVSS consists of a board of directors, a part-time program coordinator,
and a team of dedicated volunteer advocates. Advocates are volunteers who have
completed an extensive training program, have obtained a security clearance
from the RCMP, have successfully completed interviews with the program director
and the RCMP, and have signed a one year contract with the program. These
advocates provide direct services to
victims of crime and trauma.
From Sept. 2001 to Sept. 2006, the VRVSS assisted 200 individuals victimized by
crime and trauma, and assisted with 111 RCMP files. The types of occurrences
where victims have been assisted includes sudden death, suicide, attempted
suicide, fatal motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), injury MVAs, serious accidents,
sexual assaults, assaults, domestic assaults, residential and commercial break
and enters, robbery, thefts, forgeries, property damage, trespassing,
harassment, threats, kidnapping, missing persons, child abuse and indecent
acts.
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