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Fayetteville’s new Office of Community Safety gives first quarterly update, council accepts report
Summary
Director John Jones told the City Council the Office of Community Safety logged 59 community engagements, awarded $84,500 in microgrants, responded to 214 homelessness/mental-health calls and made 52 behavioral-health referrals in its first quarter. Council moved to receive the report.
John Jones, director of Fayetteville’s newly formed Office of Community Safety, presented the office’s first quarterly update to the City Council on Nov. 10, outlining activities and early results from its initial three months of operation.
In his presentation Jones said OCS focused on four pillars: community-based violence prevention, homelessness response, youth initiatives and behavioral-health response. He told the council OCS conducted 59 community engagements between July 1 and Sept. 30, supported three youth-night-out events, issued 20 community-safety microgrants totaling $84,500, and coordinated rapid-response activity that included 214 calls related to homelessness or behavioral…
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