The number of organizations that take part in CFC vary from year to year. Twelve Sexual Assault Victim Intervention advocates and three command representatives will finish a four- day SAVI training course today. The course ends just two days before the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness month, and many of the course graduates will be involved in base-wide events designed to raise awareness. No one is immune to becoming a victim of sexual assault, said Amy Monteiro, SAVI coordinator at Rota s Navy Family Service Center. It s important to take safety precautions because one in four women and one in six men become a victim of sexual assault.
Alcohol misuse is frequently a contributing factor.
Sexual assault is something Rota is not immune to either. A new Domestic Violence Unit has been established by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. We tackle local cases of family violence to include spouse and child abuse, indecent assault, sex abuse, or any related crimes affecting Naval Station Rota and its tenant commands, said Matthew Campbell, special agent for Rota s NCIS unit. Statistically, the number of sexual assault cases rise each spring and that s one of the reasons the NFSC has developed a program to help raise awareness during April. We re going to have information available, several advocates will be available to talk to people and we ll have contests and give out prizes, said Monteiro.