Safer Newark Council to Release Report Outlining New Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence, Homicides and Robberies in Newark News Conference
Conference will take place at Rutgers University - Newark on Monday, June 6
Newark, NJ (June 3, 2016) — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and The Safer Newark Council will announce the findings of a new study analyzing Newark crime data and recommending strategies targeted to prevent retaliation shootings, keep released prisoners from returning to crime and immediately intervene with young people arrested for robberies at a press conference on Monday, June 6, 2016, 11:00 am, at Rutgers University – Newark, Center for Law and Justice, Baker Courtroom, Room 125, Newark, NJ.
Who:
Mayor Ras J. Baraka
Robert Johnson, Dean of New Jersey Medical School
Dr. Todd Clear, Professor, Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice
Anthony Ambrose, Newark Director of Public Safety
What: Announce Newark Safety Council's new study analyzing Newark crime data and recommending strategies
When: Monday, June 6, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
Where: Rutgers University – Newark
Center for Law and Justice
Baker Courtroom, Room 125
Newark, NJ
NOTE: The report will be presented to Newark community leaders at a forum on Monday, June 6, 2016, 6:30PM at Rutgers-Newark Robeson Center, 350 Martin Luther King Blvd, Essex Room, Newark, NJ 07102. Citizens will receive information about the report, ask questions and get answers. The forum is open to the media.
Media Contact: Frank Baraff
(914) 469-3775
Barafff@ci.newark.nj.us
