Chief Rinehart and "Ride Bexley Ride."

Bexley Police Chief Larry Rinehart announced the third annual "Ride, Bexley, Ride" scheduled for Saturday May 22, 2010.

"Ride Bexley Ride" is the police chief's family bicycle ride and walk against domestic violence. The event starts at 9 am at the magnificent Jeffrey Mansion in Bexley with stops at the Governor's Mansion and OSU President Gordon Gee's home.

The entry fee is $25 per individual and $50 per family with all proceeds going directly to CHOICES.

Sponsors are also needed for the ride. For more information and to sign up or make a donation please go to WWW.CHOICESColumbus.org.

Chief Rinehart said "I am an active advocate against domestic violence and have been since May 12, 2001. In that time I have had the opportunity to speak to more groups of people than I can remember; large and small groups, adults and students, and all types of civic, social, and church groups.

"I have given my presentations to literally thousands of people all over this state. In the course of talking with people before and after my presentations I have come to realize several things that you will not find in the national and local statistics about domestic violence. First, I truly believe that at least 50% of every women in our society will be the victim of physical or emotional violence by the time she is an adult. Either in high school, college, or some dating relationship, at least one half of all women become victims of some form of violence, almost always at the hand of a man.

"Most women recover, get away, get on with their lives and often times forget about it.

"Many do not survive or ever forget it.

"The second thing I have learned is that most men believe it is a women's problem, especially men who have never lived in a violent home, have never experienced relationship violence, and have never been violent to their partner.

"Men simply see it as a women's issue and they could not be more wrong. The vast majority of the time when there is violence in a relationship it is the man who is dishing it out. That is an undisputed fact.

"Men are not only responsible for their own behavior, but men need to accept the responsibility of mentoring the young men in their lives. Us men need to mentor and teach our sons, grandsons, nephews and any other young man who looks up to us that violence against women is not acceptable.

"We need to teach the young men in our lives how to properly deal with emotion and relationships. Until we men step up and have the hard talks with our young men, the plague of domestic violence in our society will continue as it has for far too many generations.

"For the man who replies to this with, "hey, I don't have violence in my house and I have never been violent in my relationships with others," I say, that is not enough. We must mentor our young men. We owe it to our daughters, granddaughters, nieces, sisters, and to all the women in our lives.

"I am honored to serve as a board member for CHOICES eliminating domestic violence. CHOICES has been a powerhouse nonprofit in the fight against domestic violence for over 30 years, running the battered victims shelter and hotline here in central Ohio as well as conducting a host of other advocacy efforts.

"But these are tough times for most nonprofits and CHOICES needs your help. Please join me in my advocacy against domestic and relationship violence by signing up to ride in the third annual "Ride, Bexley, Ride" Police Chief's family bicycle ride and walk against domestic violence on May 22. The event starts at 9 am at the magnificent Jeffrey Mansion in Bexley with stops at the Governor's Mansion and OSU President Gordon Gee's home. The entry fee is $25 per individual and $50 per family with all proceeds going directly to CHOICES. We also need sponsors for the ride. For more information and to sign up or make a donation please go to WWW.CHOICESColumbus.org

"Come join us in our stand against domestic violence and take a ride or walk through beautiful Bexley. Don't forget your helmet."

Larry Rinehart
Chief of Police
City of Bexley, Ohio
614 559-4444
LRinehart@Bexley.org
www.Bexley.org


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