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City outlines restorative services budget and pilot mediation partnership with NAACP
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City officials told the Public Health and Safety Committee the city budgets about $5 million for restorative services, detailed existing victim‑witness functions and contracts, and said MPD is finalizing a pilot with the NAACP to mediate nonviolent neighbor disputes; the committee received and filed the report.
City officials briefed the Public Health and Safety Committee on June 25 about restorative services, saying the city budgets about $5 million for mediation, victim support and related programs and is finalizing a pilot to refer certain nonviolent neighbor disputes to the NAACP.
Deputy Community Safety Commissioner Jared Jeffries said the legislative directive asked for an inventory of restorative services and costs. “The city currently budgets approximately $5,000,000 for restorative services,” he said, and noted those services exist alongside county, state and nonprofit programs.
Jeffries described policy…
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