Politics & Government
State Rep. to Host Youth Safety Event
The program will include discussions on guns, sex offenders and bullying.

As reported last week, state Rep. Paul Heroux will host a program tonight on youth safety at the United Way of Greater Attleboro, which is located at 247 Maple St. in Attleboro. Heroux issued the following information this week on the program's format:
Part 1 - Heroux will talk about the legislation he filed as it applies to keeping kids safe from sex offenders and bullies (within part one, any district elected official that would like to speak will be given a moment to do so).
Part 2 - Includes a panel discussion of local experts, which will include someone from:
- The DA's office talking about gun offenses and gun crimes
- New Hope to talk about keeping kids safe from sex abuse
- The ARC of Attleboro talking about mental health and violence
- and a local bullying expert.
There will be a time for questions and answers for Representative Heroux and the panel.
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