County and city outline coordinated violence-reduction plan and June summit

May 21, 2026

County staff presented a three‑phase city‑county violence‑reduction plan, citing a resource-rich but fragmented ecosystem and announcing a June summit to align evidence‑based strategies (GVI/CVI, CBT, place‑based interventions) and an operational management team.

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County staff and city partners told commissioners they are moving from diagnosis to an implementation roadmap for a joint violence‑reduction effort. The work is structured in three phases: shared learning and strategy identification (underway), planning/implementation (summit this summer), and design of a sustainable operational management structure to oversee coordinated efforts.

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