City, county announce joint effort to secure public-safety funding amid political shift
Greg Jackson, deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection says half of the gun violence federal funding during the Biden administration is by law, which means it couldn’t be reserved by the incoming Trump administration. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
The new joint city-county office of “Neighborhood Safety and Engagement” is the latest effort to combat violence and related issues.
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