I want to welcome all participants to this conference on Violence and the Workplace. This conference is the result of months of work by a host of volunteers who are dedicated to reducing violence in our society. Their names are listed near the front of your program materials. I want to convey my gratitude for their fine work. The Attorney General's Office.
Violence is a cancer on our society.
In the last year, we have thought a lot about violence in our schools. But the facts show that violence most often occurs away from schools - it occurs on our streets and in our homes. And violence frequently occurs in the workplace as we have recently seen at two Colorado T.V. stations, a Subway shop, a Wal-Mart in Castle Rock, an office complex in Seattle, and even in the Mormon Family History Library in Salt Lake City. First, an increase in our ability to detect and prevent workplace violence. And second, securing your assistance in the passage of two important bills to strengthen our domestic violence laws - HB 1158 and HB 1263.