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** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:     Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety, Select 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 

PLACE:         E1.036 (Finance Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Joan Huffman 

 

 

The Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community

Safety will meet to take up the following charge:

 

·                Assess how state and local law enforcement agencies, fusion centers, mental health providers, digital platforms and social media companies such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., can better collaborate to detect, prevent, and respond to mass violence and terroristic activity. Examine what resources, staffing and protocols are necessary to enhance these partnerships and whether state funding is needed to assist local authorities in this endeavor.

 

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written

testimony, please provide 15 copies to the committee clerk with your name

on each.

 

 

 

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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