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First Hillsborough County Community-Law Enforcement Workshop Rescheduled

The first Hillsborough County Community-Law Enforcement Workshop has been rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 5-6.

The first Hillsborough County Community-Law Enforcement Workshop, originally scheduled for Oct. 17-18, has been rescheduled for Mondayand Tuesday, Dec. 5-6 at Clair-Mel Elementary School, 1025 S. 78th Street in Tampa. The workshop will still be held from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., and the theme is “Community and Law Enforcement working together toward greater intercultural understanding.”

The new deadline to pre-register for the workshop is Tuesday, Nov. 29. Twelve (12) Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies and forty-five (45) citizen attendees will be pre-registered from a pool of persons who pre- register. Call (813) 272 5720 or email WilliamsLA@hillsboroughcounty.org or JenkinsAD@hillsboroughcounty.org to request an invitation to attend the Dec. 5-6 workshop.

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The Community-Law Enforcement Workshops are sponsored by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), United Way Suncoast, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and the School District of Hillsborough County. In the next twelve months, Hillsborough County will sponsor a total of eight workshops: five for adults, two for youth, and one leadership retreat for elected officials and community leaders. The workshops, approved in August by the BOCC, are free and open to the public, with limited space available. Dates and locations for the final seven workshops have not yet been determined.

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