October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and there are people working behind the scenes here in Greer to help victims of this and other crimes.
“We help them with resources. If it’s a domestic violence, we help that victim give reestablished at another place,” Tracey Sale, a victim advocate, said.
“They’re getting a lot of legal jargon a lot of terms that are being thrown at them and just understanding what does next steps will look like it’s really important for them,” Victim Advocate Meghan Weibel said.
Tracey Self and Meghan Weibel are both victim advocates with the Greer Police Department.
“Domestic violence effects, one out of four women so it’s a very common thing that does happen,” Weibel said.
“Some people are involved in a domestic violence in their relationships, and they have no idea that they’re in that particular situation,” Self said.
Their job is important when it comes to support victims of crimes.
“They have nobody they have nobody to turn to nobody to turn to nobody to help them nobody to say let’s go take some counseling let’s get your mind right let’s get you on track,” Self said.
But also to make the community aware of the seriousness of domestic violence, and the fact that there are resources to help people leave their situations.
“The more the information gets out there the more knowledge that people have on how to get out of that relationship is really important,” Weibel said.