Third public forum on citywide surveillance proposal slated for Tuesday
York Dispatch
A third public forum to discuss a proposed citywide surveillance system in York City will take place Tuesday evening.
The forum is a part of a feasibility study for the proposal, which has raised concerns from some city residents and civil rights groups. The event is slated for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene s York City campus, 350 Chestnut St.
The forum will be led by Montez Parker, a consultant who was hired by Better York, a local nonprofit organization. Better York, the city and the York County District Attorney s Office raised more than $30,000 to fund the study, which is expected to be completed by mid-June.
Apr. 6âThere were 14 shootings in York City during the first quarter of 2021, a record-breaking number that Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow partially attributed to the spread of crime throughout the city.
Muldrow detailed the recent uptick in shootings during a public forum in front of about 50 city residents Monday evening at Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene s York City campus.
The number of shootings between Jan. 1 and March 31 marked a 75% increase over the same time period last year.
For the five years for which data is available, the former record number of shootings in the first three months of a year was nine, which occurred in 2018.
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