City gives update on PA grant awarded for gun violence reduction strategies

Mayor Moran and Police Chief Richard Tornielli held a press conference Friday afternoon to provide a status update on Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Gun Violence Investigation and Prosecution Grant, in which the City was awarded $686,768.00.

The grant funding was awarded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency during the Wolf Administration.

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$100 million in grants was awarded to reduce gun and group violence across Pennsylvania. Together, the grants will support 127 projects to implement strategies locally and regionally to reduce violence in Pennsylvania.

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