Office of Violence Reduction

Director | Marcus Walker

From the onset of his administration, Mayor Dickens has invested in policies and initiatives like Policing Alternatives & Diversion (PAD), Midnight Basketball, our Year of the Youth, School Break Safe Spaces, stood up the City’s Nightlife Division and broke ground on Atlanta’s first ever Center for Diversion and Services to make sure there are alternatives to address the systemic issues that can lead to criminal activity,

The Mayor’s Office of Violence Reduction (MOVR) serves as the City’s staff resource for violence reduction and community-based intervention and coordinates a comprehensive effort to reduce violence—especially with guns. This office applies a holistic approach to violence prevention, reduction and intervention efforts that focuses on the citizens and communities within the City of Atlanta.

MOVR applies strategies based on whether individuals are exposed to violence, at the center of violence, or at risk for violence. This office focuses on increasing protective factors at the family, school and neighborhood levels.

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