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SUBJ/CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM INTRODUCES THE CHILD ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION 
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN// 

RMKS/1.  THE CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM (CRP) IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVE 
DESIGNED TO REDUCE CRIMINAL THREATS AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVY (DON).  
THE CRP IS LED BY THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (NCIS) AND INCLUDES 
BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNERS WITHIN THE DON.  EACH 
QUARTER, NCIS IDENTIFIES A RELEVANT CRP ISSUE TO HIGHLIGHT THROUGH ROBUST 
BRIEFING PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.  FROM 1 APRIL 2012 THROUGH 30 
JUNE 2012, THE CRP WILL FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON CHILD ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION 
AWARENESS. 

2.  THIS CAMPAIGN COMPLEMENTS THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED 21ST CENTURY SAILOR AND 
MARINE INITIATIVE.  BOTH PLACE CONTINUOUS EMPHASIS ON SAILOR AND MARINE 
READINESS, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND FAMILY STABILITY, WHICH SERVE TO 
ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE.   

3.  CHILD ABUSE CAN TAKE MANY FORMS, FROM VERBAL AND EMOTIONAL ATTACKS, TO 
PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS.  CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS ALSO A FORM OF CHILD ABUSE 
THAT CAN CAUSE A LIFETIME OF DAMAGE TO THE VICTIMS DEPICTED ON FILM.  
MOREOVER, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS A CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST THE INNOCENT AND IS 
PUNISHABLE BY UCMJ, FEDERAL, AND STATE LAWS.  THE DON IS COMMITTED TO 
ELIMINATING ALL FORMS OF CHILD ABUSE WITHIN ITS RANKS.  ABUSE OF VULNERABLE 
CHILDREN, THOSE MOST IN NEED OF OUR ASSISTANCE, IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CORE 
VALUES OF ALL SAILORS AND MARINES. 

4.  THE MESSAGE OF THIS CHILD ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS 
"EVERY CHILD COUNTS."  THE CRP FOCUS WILL BE ON PREVENTION, AND WILL 
SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGE THE IMPORTANCE OF BYSTANDER INTERVENTION AND REPORTING.   

5.  EDUCATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF ALL CRP CAMPAIGNS.  THROUGHOUT THIS THREE-
MONTH CAMPAIGN, NCIS CRP REPRESENTATIVES WILL VISIT COMMANDS TO PROVIDE CHILD 
ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.  BY INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE 
DAMAGE CAUSED BY CHILD ABUSE WITHIN NAVY AND MARINE CORPS FAMILIES, NCIS AND 
ALL DON PERSONNEL WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT "EVERY CHILD COUNTS." 

6.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
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