Credit: Commonwealth Media Services
HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is rolling out a sweeping expansion of violence prevention, crisis response, and school safety funding, directing hundreds of millions of dollars statewide as officials point to sharp declines in homicides and growing momentum behind community-based approaches to public safety.
State officials on December 8 highlighted Lancaster County as a model for crisis response, announcing new and expanded investments in peer co-responder programs that pair police officers with trained behavioral health and recovery specialists. The initiative is backed by Violence Intervention and Prevention grant funding administered by PCCD and supported by the Shapiro-Davis Administration…