U.S. Police Chiefs Meet to Discuss Crime Surge
Big city police chiefs will meet in Washington on Monday to discuss how to deal with surging crime in the United States, especially homicides, organizers said.
The meeting of Major Cities Chiefs Association is aimed at devising strategies and examining causes of rising crime, Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, who organized the meeting, said in a statement.
“The goal of the summit is to identify potential
gaps and propose solutions that will help us stop this escalating violence,” she said.
The meeting comes as cities across the United States are grappling with increases in crime rates after seeing them drop in recent years to their lowest levels in decades.
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