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Tennessee Public Safety Coalition Event

Release Date: January 19, 2004

WHAT: News Conference-Important announcement regarding pending legislative issues to reduce crime

WHO: The leadership of the Tennessee Public Safety Coalition, a delegation representing the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, The Tennessee Sheriffs' Association and the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police

WHEN: Thursday, January 22, 2004 , 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Nashville , Tennessee -Steps of the State Capitol Building

WHY: The Public Safety Coalition will be discussing legislative efforts to:

• Strengthen the existing “Sexual Offender Registration and Monitoring Act”

• Increase the number of prosecutors in district attorneys general offices, reinstate their step raises as mandated by law, and bring their salaries in-line with state-paid prosecutors in other states

• Strengthen existing criminal laws dealing with the manufacturing or distribution of methamphetamine

 

For information contact:

Maggie McLean Duncan, Executive Director, Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, 615-726-8227 or 615-566-4398

Steve Shular, Public Affairs Officer, Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Cell: 901-359-5117

Jennifer Donnals, Director of Communications, Shelby County District Attorney General's office: Cell: 901-601-1460

 

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