City of Southfield issued the following announcement on Dec. 1.
Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren and Detective Indasha Gray recently received the 2020 Domestic Violence Prevention Awards from the Oakland County Coordinating Council Against Domestic Violence for their collective efforts in protecting survivors of domestic violence while raising awareness and providing public education about this issue.
Under Chief Barren’s leadership, the Southfield Police Department developed a comprehensive new plan to address and reduce domestic violence in the city of Southfield, including creation of a community partnership task force, high risk response team and through highly visible public education, outreach and engagement. The City of Southfield, Southfield Police & Fire Departments, 46th District Court, Haven Oakland, Southfield Domestic Violence Group and the Dr. Martin Luther King Task Force partnered together to host the “2020 Walk to Raise Awareness of Domestic Violence” on October 4, 2020. The event kicked-off with a press conference to announce Chief Barren’s new strategy to address and reduce the impact and occurrence of domestic violence.
“We are fully in support of Chief Barren’s efforts to raise awareness about the societal problem of domestic violence and we congratulate him on his initiatives to address this issue locally,” commented Mayor Dr. Kenson Siver.
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Source: City of Southfield
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