§ 26-6. Duties.

The Task Force shall:

(1) review and understand the issue of individual, family, community, criminal, and societal violence in Baltimore City;

(2) examine the causes of violence;

(3) consider methods to prevent the different types of violence;

(4) recommend systems to deliver existing social, governmental, and economic resources to relieve conditions that may lead to violence;

(5) provide information, education, and assistance to communities, businesses, government, and industries about programs that prevent violence;

(6) assist in the identification, establishment, and evaluation of all City programs and services that affect violence prevention;

(7) recommend modification of services or new services for the prevention of situations that could lead to violence;

(8) cooperate with interested citizens, general community, business, professional, technical, educational, and civic organizations in furthering the violence prevention programs;

(9) coordinate with other jurisdictions on sharing violence prevention strategies and information;

(10) cooperate and collaborate with all municipal agencies, including the Division of Occupational Safety in the Department of Finance and the Community Relations Commission, to avoid duplication of efforts;

(11) compile and provide information to the residents, community organizations, and businesses of the City, the Mayor's Office, the City Council, and various offices of the City, State, and federal government on matters involving methods and strategies for recognizing and preventing violence;

(12) recommend to the Mayor, City, State, and federal programs or legislation to promote violence prevention as a means of conflict resolution;

(13) work to assure that information and referral needs are met and that information about City programs is disseminated;

(14) hold a public forum at least yearly to give communities an opportunity to voice their concerns regarding violence and the effectiveness of violence prevention programs and to make recommendations to the Task Force;

(15) assist in the coordination of State and federal programs and services available to the City, business, and industry to prevent violence;

(16) coordinate economic development opportunities that may be available for those citizens and communities in need of violence prevention;

(17) develop an information program for the media to disseminate practices, methods, and procedures to be followed to avoid violence; and

(18) generally assist in the development of the well being of the citizens of Baltimore City in order to eliminate violence as a means of conflict resolution.