A big announcement this week regarding a new first-of-its-kind association of community-based public safety and violence prevention programs. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined key leaders and organizations representing major U.S. cities on a Zoom chat to announce the formation of the Community Based Public Safety Association.
The goal is to connect efforts from across the country to help advance pathways to safety that complement policing and reform the criminal justice system at a national scale. Mayor Baraka says community-based public safety efforts in his city have made a difference.
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