Fight Crime Invest in Kids Washington America must cut the pipeline that funnels young people into lives of crime and violence. We take a hard-nosed look at research on what keeps kids from becoming criminals and put that information in the hands of policy-makers and the public.
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Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Washington, is a statewide, bipartisan, nonprofit, anti-crime organization. The national organization has a membership of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors. In Washington State we have over 160 members and have been endorsed by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) and the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (WAPA).

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Washington State Representatives Ruth Kagi (left) and Maureen Walsh joined Sumner Police Chief Colleen Wilson at an Oylympia news conference where Sumner and other members called for $14 million in new state funding for home visitation programs. View Release.
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Laura Wells, State Director
206 664-7110, cell 425 444-0285, lwells@fightcrime.org

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March 26, 2008 Law Enforcement Leaders Say Early Learning Cuts Crime
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