Court designates June 2026 as Gun Violence Prevention Month in Harris County
Harris County Commissioners Court voted to designate June 2026 as Gun Violence Prevention Month and highlighted the county's community health and violence prevention services, including RISE and health-based response teams.
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The court adopted a resolution designating June 2026 as Gun Violence Prevention Month in Harris County, with speakers emphasizing local public-health approaches to reduce firearm harm. The judge noted that the county's community health and violence prevention services were created in 2021 to dispatch health-based responders to non-emergency calls and to focus on prevention.
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