Monday, January 30, 2012

Funding restored for City Attorney's Precint Liason program

Beginning in mid-Feburary the North Precinct will again be assigned an assistant city attorney to help address community concerns, allowing police to concentrate on criminal activity. The federal grant for the program ended and cuts at the city level shuttered the program in 2011.

But the city has restored funding for four attorneys in the city's five precincts.

Our assigned North Precinct City Attorney will be Jana Jorgensen. She will be available at (206) 684-7765.

From the Seattle Times:

City Attorney Pete Holmes is calling the retooled program Precinct Liaison 2.0, to reflect its broader focus, not just to provide legal advice to police but to serve as a resource to neighborhoods facing chronic problems such as drug and gang activity or nuisance properties.

 Holmes said the city liaisons, who will begin their jobs in mid-February, will work closely with other city departments to address community concerns, allowing police to concentrate on criminal activity.

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