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Durham proclaims HEART recognition day after program reports 32,000 responses and wins ICMA award
Summary
Mayor Leonardo Williams and city officials proclaimed Nov. 3, 2025, as a HEART recognition day, praising the Durham Community Safety Department’s HEART program for responding to more than 32,000 nonviolent calls and noting it received an ICMA 2025 Program Award for excellence in community health and safety.
Mayor Leonardo Williams read a proclamation on Nov. 3 recognizing the HEART (Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Team) program and proclaimed Nov. 3, 2025, as Durham HEART Recognition Day.
The proclamation states the Durham Community Safety Department (DCSD) created HEART in 2021 and that, since its launch in 2022, the program has responded to…
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