Governor Creates Commission on Youth & Urban Violence
#HARTFORD, CT –Governor's Press Release: Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they are forming a panel of experts and community leaders from a variety of backgrounds who will be charged with reviewing the sources and causes of youth violence in urban areas, as well as developing proposals that will further reduce the rate of violent crime. Recently released statistics show that today, overall crime in Connecticut is at a 48-year low. Since 2011, violent crime is down 36 percent statewide and criminal arrests have decreased by nearly 28 percent. Violent crime in the state’s three largest cities has fallen 15 percent since 2008. Still, the Governor said there is more we can…