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Fall River aims to end 'targeted' vandalism along President Ave

The City Council Committee on Public Safety is set to discuss property vandalism that “had persisted” at the Executive Plaza on President Avenue, and in a Madison Street neighborhood, despite residents’ and business owners’ efforts to report incidents to the Fall River Police Department. 

 

When City Councilor Paul B. Hart brought forth the issue at the City Council meeting on Jan. 14, it was unanimously referred to the Committee on Public Safety.

 

Hart, the chair of the committee, along with other members Michelle Dionne and Bradford Kilby, are inviting Kelly Furtado, Fall River’s interim police chief, to sit down and “develop a strategy to combat property vandalism and increase public safety overall,” according to the resolution.

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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