Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. is set to take the stage at Destiny World Church, located at 7400 Factory Shoals Road, Austell, for a town hall meeting on the evening of February 6. The 7 p.m. gathering will focus on a dialogue with the community about ramping up public safety measures and shoring up victim support systems throughout Cobb County, according to information from the Cobb County Courts news release.
In the town hall, inhabitants of Austell will hear DA Broady discuss the Cobb Family Advocacy Center. Having thrown open its doors just this past December, the center is seen as a keystone in the county's efforts to knit together services tackling family-related woes and bolstering support for those in need. Broady, with the aim of shining a spotlight on the Victim Witness program, will make the case for the office's vigor in hustling to steer crime victims through the jagged labyrinths of the courts, all while helping them grapple for restitution.
According to the county's announcement, the town hall is also set to dissect the ins and outs of alternative case resolutions. The palette of strategies Broady is set to hash over includes pretrial diversion tactics and a suite of specialized accountability courts dedicated to tackling drug offenses, mental health predicaments, veterans' issues, and parental obligations.
Another pillar of the upcoming town hall is the Opioid Fatality Project, an initiative that puts the opioid epidemic troubling Cobb under the microscope. Broady, peppered with a slew of questions from eager residents, plans to lay bare the county's blueprint for challenging what has morphed into a public health scourge sweeping through the community.
