RCMP Victim Services in BC

The objectives of the RCMP Victim Services Program are to:

• Lessen the impact of crime and trauma on victims and their families and to assist them in their recovery;
• Enhance victim safety and help reduce the risk of further victimization;
• Increase victims' level of participation in the criminal justice system;
• Prepare victims acting as witnesses for court proceedings.

From a call for help, to the investigation of a crime, to an offer of a referral, police work in close partnership with victim services organizations to ensure victims of crime receive the support they need without delay.  Google http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps-spcca/vic-eng.htm  for RCMP assistance.

There are sometimes issues where mediation is appropriate...not necessarily in the case of violent confrontation but in the aftereffects that fracture relationships between offenders and between others associated with the offense. 

Can mediation work for you? Google Symonds Mediation Associates for a free assessment. Ask how he can help you resolve your dilemma.

Comox Valley Mediation: parent abuse/spouse abuse/child abuse

 

       

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For child abuse, call the Helpline for Children, 

250-310-1234; 

for women

call Transition House 24 Hour Crisis Line 

250-338-1227; 
for police emergency call 911

Mediation and violence do not mix well together. However, there can be  more issues that stem from the original conflict. Can mediation work for you? Google Symonds Mediation Associates for a free assessment. Ask how he can help you resolve your dilemma.

        

can self knowledge prevent chaos in relationships?

Is there conflict in your family? Read what Krishnamurti, an Eastern teacher who has addressed the United Nations on the topic of conflict, has to say.

" The problems of the world are so colossal, so very complex, that to understand and so to resolve them one must approach them in a very simple and direct manner; and simplicity, directness, do not depend on outward circumstances nor on our particular prejudices and moods. The solution is not to be found through conferences, blueprints or through the substitution of new leaders for old, ond so on. The solution lies in the creator of the problem, in the creator of the mischief, of the hate and of the enormous misunderstanding that exists between human beings. The creator of this mischief, the creator of these problems, is the individual, you and I, not the world as we think of it. The world, is your relationship with another. The world is not something separate from you and me; the world, society, is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other."

Is there a difference between conflict at the level of the world stage and between two people in a family? Interested? Read more from Krishnamurti from this quote in The Penquin Knishnamurti Reader, pg. 20. He has written dozens of books and is well documented on the Internet.

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Is your family mired in conflict?

Four questions that you may ask of yourself are:

1. Do I enjoy the stress that this conflict has created?
2. Do I want the stress levels reduced?
3. How am I responsible for the mess that this family is in? Of what part of this mess can I take ownership?
4. If I accept my share of the responsibility for the mess (question #3), do I feel confident I can start to resolve the disagreements?

Causes, conditions and effects are always related. Meditation can teach us how we often cause our own difficulties and how we can be more fluid in our response to changes in our lives. A mind free of distress always, always, always reduces conflict.