FCPD's First 5k Walk to Raise Awareness for Crime Victims

The Fairfax County Police Department's Victims Services Unit will host its first-ever 5k walk to raise awareness about crime victims in the county, and to honor 2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the FCPD announced recently. 

The free event is hosted by the Victims Services Section of the Fairfax County Police Department and the Fairfax County Law Enforcement Foundation.

It kicks off Sunday, April 21 at 4:30 p.m. at Fairfax Corner.

Police invite the public to join the "caring professionals that support local victims of homicide, trauma, sexual and domestic violence, child physical and sexual abuse, stalking human trafficking and suicide as they walk together."

The event will feature a resource fair, live jazz, rhythm and blues by the E & ME Band, opening remarks by Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Ray Morrogh, a candlelight vigil in honor of victims at the conclusion of the walk, and remarks by Lorraine Reed Whoberry, a homicide survivor and founder of the S.T.A.C.I.E. Foundation.

Registration is available online.

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