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Residents Urge Faster Action on Violence as Council Hears MLK Day and Wellness Presentations
Summary
At a Harrisburg City Council meeting, multiple public commenters pressed the council for faster action on violent crime and better supports for neighborhoods; the meeting also included presentations on the Central PA MLK Day of Service and the Healthy Harrisburg wellness initiative.
Multiple residents asked Harrisburg City Council on Monday evening to take quicker, more concrete steps to address recent violent incidents, saying planning alone is not protecting people on city streets.
Speakers at the public-comment portion — including longtime residents, neighborhood activists and organizers — urged more cameras, stronger community policing and faster follow-up on unsolved murders. Evelyn Hunt, a State Street resident since 1962, said, “Weare losing too many good people in the city of Harrisburg.” Tone Cook, a resident and community organizer, urged urgency: “We don't have time to plan. People were dying.”
The requests followed two scheduled…
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