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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Preventing violence: stats hint at size of problem, but real people are hurt One Boro seeks to launch ongoing prevention task force Kimberly Billings, right, of Safe Haven, talks during the “Securing Statesboro: Keeping Our City Safe” forum March 6 while Lakeidra Lee, left, of The Teal House awaits the next question. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
The recent violence prevention forum hosted by the One Boro Commission unpacked several screen-loads of statistics as the victim services and advocacy organizations Safe Haven and The Teal House, as well as police agencies, sought to show the community the size of the problem.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. One Boro to host violence prevention forum Saturday
The One Boro Commission, sponsored by Statesboro’s city government, will host a violence prevention forum entitled “Securing Statesboro: Keeping Our City Safe,” 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, at Georgia Southern University’s Military Science Building.
Free and open to the public, the forum will give citizens an opportunity to review and discuss data from law enforcement agencies, as well as from organizations that provide support to victims of violence, states the announcement from City Hall.