City of Pittsburgh Launches Health, Safety and Violence Prevention Initiative

PITTSBURGH – Mayor William Peduto today announced policing and social services changes in the City of Pittsburgh to help ensure that all residents have the right resources and responders when facing crises.

Working in collaboration with the STOP the Violence Initiative headed by Councilmen Rev. Ricky Burgess and Daniel Lavelle, the City is adopting the Health, Safety and Violence Prevention Initiative, which will house the Office of Community Health and Safety and the Office of Community Services and Violence Prevention.

“These offices are at the center of how we are working to reimagine policing – where we’re able to create stronger public health and restorative responses to incidents that may have been seen as a sole public safety concern,” Mayor Peduto said.

The initiative follows the creation of the Office of Community Heal