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Community groups propose violence-intervention program and pet fundraiser; council signals further review
Summary
During public comment May 1, Jackie McLean (Hoke County NAACP branch) proposed a Violence Intervention Program and presented a resolution declaring gun violence a public health crisis with a $15,000 training request; Karen Richardson of TARA outlined a pet fundraiser and council favored hosting it at the civic center.
Jackie McLean, representing the Hoke County branch of the NAACP, asked the Raeford City Council May 1 to endorse a Violence Intervention Program modeled on Violence Interrupters and presented a resolution declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
McLean said the initiative would be a joint city-county collaboration and that she had been working with Chief Marc Godwin and…
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