Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announces advisory commission in attempt to reduce homicides [Video]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced an advisory commission in an attempt to reduce homicides in the city.

Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper will help guide the commission’s work. The advisory commission will be made up of business, community and criminal justice leaders and will be co-chaired by vice president of Alabama Power’s Birmingham Division Ralph Williams Jr. and Lee Styslinger III, co-chairman of Altec Inc.

The commission’s focus is to assemble information quickly on strategies and programs that have helped other cities reduce crime, especially homicides. The goal is to have an initial report to the city in under 60 days.

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“While we are working diligently with law enforcement partners at the local, state, and federal level, the violence afflicting our city is ultimately an issue that we must address together as a community,” Woodfin said in …