A woman is battered every fifteen seconds in the United States.
Domestic violence is believed to be the most common yet least reported crime in our nation.
An estimated three to four million American women are beaten each year by their husbands or partners. And, in 1999, seventy-three Maryland men, women and children died as a result of domestic violence. I am committed to providing a safe and supportive workplace for all of our employees. Further, I recognize that domestic violence is not a private family matter. Rather, domestic violence often follows victims to work, depriving them and their co-workers of a safe and productive workplace.