Harrisburg outlines group violence intervention strategy and funding
City police presented Group Violence Intervention as a three‑pronged focused‑deterrent strategy and said Dauphin County’s PCCD VIP grant underwrites much of the work; officials described staffing, governance and quarterly reporting to PCCD.
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Adrienne Hoffman Lewis, a management and program analyst with the Harrisburg Bureau of Police, told the council the Group Violence Intervention program is a three‑pronged strategy that pairs law enforcement sanctions, a credible moral message from community representatives, and a genuine offer of services to people driving retaliatory violence. "For those of you who aren't super familiar with the strategy, it's a 3 pronged strategy," she said.
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