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In December, Gov. Mel Carnahan named Rep. Nancy Farmer, D- 64, to serve on a task force on the causes and prevention of urban violence.
He established the task force because of the epidemic proportions which violence has reached in urban areas such as Kansas City and St. Louis. Rep. Farmer said that she was “delighted to be appointed to a task force which is studying one of the most critical issues facing my district, metropolitan St. Louis as a whole and this entire nation. Rather than trying to offer a quick fix to this problem, the governor has brought the right players to the table and initiated a process which I believe will result in good, solid recommendations that will be helpful to the legislature.” In addition to Rep. Farmer, the task force consists of the governor, the attorney general, two other House members, three Senate members, representatives from the Kan- sas City and St. Louis mayors’ offices, the directors of the departments of public safety, health, mental health, and corrections and 18 gubernatorial appointments which must include at least seven Kansas City citizens and seven St. Louis citizens.
The task force was initiated to form partnerships between public officials and local community leaders to address the problem of urban violence.
The task force will make recommendations on policies to help protect children from violence and to strengthen family and community institutions in urban areas, measures to reduce violent crime committed with firearms or due to illegal drug transactions, changes in policies and laws which will reduce recidivist criminal behaviors, and changes in criminal or juvenile laws that will reduce violent crime.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1994.
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