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Another Woman Is Victimized PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Garvas   
Wednesday, 29 June 2005

Comments by Larry S. Moore, OFCC Senate District 10 Coordinator:

WDTN, TV 2, Dayton, is reporting a Dayton woman was abducted and raped. It happened Monday.

WDTN reports:
    "Dayton Police Detectives believe he kidnapped a woman in Dayton then drove her to a Moraine motel and raped her.

    The woman is a caregiver and was getting out of her car on Rustic Road in Dayton when she was abducted. Police told 2News ex-boyfriend, who's been stalking her, drove up and kidnapped her."
This kidnapping and rape fits the profile of "rape by acquaintance". The police were aware that the woman had been stalked. While the story does not mention a protection order, women cannot expect restraining orders, police reports, and a police department that is understaffed (see related story City of Dayton Sacrifices Citizen Safety For State Funding) to provide protection.

Additionally on June 27, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police couldn't be sued for how they enforce restraining orders. The Supreme Court ruling was the result of a Colorado case where an ex-husband kidnapped the couple's three children and killed them. The mother, Jessica Gonzales, sued claiming the police did not properly respond to calls and enforce the restraining order. The Supreme Court ruled that Ms. Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of the court order against her ex-husband. This appears to be consistent with previous Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that the police do not have an obligation to protect individual citizens, only society as a whole.

How many attacks, rapes, deaths, and Supreme Court rulings will it take before citizens understand the basic concept of self-defense? "Self-defense" is only two words - self and defense. Increasingly with law enforcement agencies short handed and short of budget, protection (defense) must come from only one source - self.

If you and your family are not prepared, not taken classes such as Refuse To Be A Victim, and not prepared by getting your Concealed Handgun License (CHL), then you are relying on others who have no obligation to protect you. If you've taken those steps, but still put off carrying for protection, until you "feel the need", your name could be in the next news report as the victim.