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Greener Safer Communities Act

The ACT-championed Greener Safer Communities Act is about healthy communities. It would legislate that the Department of Justice administer an incentive program that states or municipalities could utilize to create safer communities through coordinated community policing and urban greening. The purpose of the legislation is to invest in lowering crime and calming traffic, since, as many of us know, trees correlate not only with less crime against both people and property, but also traffic calming along streets where kids play.

In coordination with Trees Virginia, we have reached out to a key member of the Judiciary Committee who has initially signaled an interest in introducing or at least supporting this initiative.