Created: May 04, 2021 11:06 AM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and other city leaders plan to launch a new Office of Neighborhood Safety, which the mayor says will bring a unified strategy to reduce violence in the city.
In a news conference at the Father Tracey Advocacy Center Tuesday on North Clinton Avenue, leaders said the office would use strategies ranging from coordinating a non-police response to transformative mentoring, job readiness programs, peacekeeping fellowships, and trust-building, among other efforts.
The city specified the fellowship would identify people with a high likelihood of becoming gun violence victims and enroll them in a program that includes peer-to-peer mentorships and earning. Warren said it mirrors similar programs in Newark, New Jersey, and Richmond, California.