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Expert briefing urges Seattle to unite and professionalize community violence intervention efforts
Summary
Presenter Devitta Briscoe told the Public Safety Committee Seattle has strong CVI programs but lacks city'level governance, data integration and workforce professionalization; she recommended an office of violence prevention, data dashboards and phased pilots.
Devitta Briscoe, who said she previously served as a gun'violence prevention liaison, briefed the Public Safety Committee on April 24 about opportunities to strengthen Seattle's community violence intervention (CVI) ecosystem.
Briscoe defined CVI as a public'health'oriented, targeted set of strategies that interrupts cycles of retaliation by focusing on small groups and neighborhoods at highest risk. "Because it's so concentrated that means it's also the most preventable form of violence," Briscoe told the committee, arguing that CVI is "complementary to…
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