Schmitt, Garrison expand Safer Streets Initiative to Springfield

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison yesterday visited Springfield to announce the expansion of the Safer Streets Initiative to the Queen City.

Through the partnership, the attorney general's office will work with the U.S. attorney's office to prosecute violent crimes in the area.

“It’s easy to get caught up in the statistics, but each of these crimes represents a person’s life that has been senselessly taken or violently interrupted," Schmitt said. "Each murder represents a victim with potential unfulfilled. Every carjacking leaves a victim living in fear. Each of these represents a community, neighborhood or family torn apart.”

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