Mayor Catherine Pugh plans to move the popular Safe Streets anti-violence program from the Department of Health to the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice next year in an effort to expand the initiative. Speaking at her weekly press conference, Pugh said she is seeking private funding to expand the prgoram to six new locations next year, bringing the total to 10. Safe Streets workers patrol certain areas of the city in an effort to de-escalate potentially violent situations by providing peer-to-peer…
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