(A) The purpose of the Mayor’s Commission on Domestic Violence is to eliminate violence in interpersonal relationships within families in our community.
(B) This it shall do by:
(1) Implementing a community wide effort to enable persons to become more aware of the high incidents of domestic violence that occurs;
(2) Seeking to understand more about the causes of domestic violence and enabling them to find constructive ways of resolving conflicts and differences in their interpersonal relationships;
(3) Promoting and strengthening community efforts for providing counsel and other needed forms of assistance for victims of abuse and encouraging victims to seek such help;
(4) Effectively organizing all segments of the community so that we can work cooperatively together to discover ways of eliminating violence; and
(5) Recommending policies which both hold the perpetrator accountable for abusive behavior and provide motivation and opportunity to change this behavior.
(Ord. 28-1991, passed 11-6-1991)