GPAC call-in Tuesday at City Hall
By Ethan Smith
Published in News on September 26, 2016 9:57 AM
The Goldsboro Partners Against Crime initiative will notify 18 violent criminals of the consequences of committing another crime during its final call-in of 2016 at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Goldsboro City Hall.
The GPAC notification is their last warning and an indication that should they be found guilty of another crime the maximum punishment will be pursued.
Since the program began in 2012 -- a year in which the city saw 13 murders -- more than 200 violent offenders have been notified by the program.
All offenders in attendance receive a two-part notice -- one from law enforcement and one from the community -- urging them to turn their lives around and get away from a life of violent crime.
The Goldsboro police chief, the Wayne County sheriff, top officials form the U.S. Attorney's Office, the district attorney, as well as members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau Federal Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and probation and parole officers will be on hand to deliver stern messages to offenders.
GPAC is an anti-violent crime initiative based on a national program called Project Safe Neighborhoods, and was tailored for Goldsboro after a similar program was used in High Point.
GPAC is coordinated each year by Goldsboro Police Department Capt. Theresa Chiero.
The public is invited to attend Tuesday night's call-in at City Hall.