Gainey administration plans months of community activities to help curb violence

By Kevin Gavin,

Marylee Williams, Laura Tsutsui, Addison Diehl

Published August 4, 2023 at 11:41 AM EDT

On today’s episode of The Confluence:

We speak with Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey about the latest in his Plan for Peace, his administration’s new Office of Equal Protection, and his thoughts about the now-public staffing study of the city’s police force.

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Addison Diehl

Addison is a Junior at Point Park University, majoring in Broadcast Reporting. She is the News Director for Point Park's campus station, U-View Television and reports on the show Daybreak. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with her cat, Soup.

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