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Residents urge council to protect community groups, improve mental‑health response and avoid local immigration enforcement deals
Summary
At the Feb. 10 Lynchburg council meeting, multiple residents urged city action to preserve Peacemakers, create a mental‑health task force, and avoid local participation in federal immigration enforcement agreements that could erode public trust.
Several Lynchburg residents used the public‑comment period at the Feb. 10 City Council meeting to press the council on community safety, mental‑health education, and immigration enforcement policy.
Allen Davis, who lives across from Robert S. Payne School, asked council to help preserve Peacemakers, Inc., saying the organization’s video evidence helped apprehend a suspect in a nearby murder and that the group provides neighborhood safety benefits. “If city…
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