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Sheriff’s office awarded $40,000 state public-safety funds for countywide youth "Building Bridges" program
Summary
Orange County accepted $40,000 in state Public Safety Program funds to support the sheriff’s Building Bridges youth program, which runs weeklong trainings aimed at reducing gun violence and building rapport between youths and deputies.
The Public Safety Committee approved $40,000 in funding from the New York State Department of Justice Services to support the sheriff’s Building Bridges program, a countywide youth intervention initiative administered by the sheriff’s office in partnership with GAP.
Sheriff Arteta told the committee the program modeled a weeklong course first used in Newberg and expanded countywide. The sheriff said two classes have run so far in Newburgh…
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