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Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently traveled to Beacon Hill to voice his support for House Bill 3099, “An Act Relative to Motor Vehicle License Suspension,” and accompanying Senate Bill 1643.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently sat before members of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH) to present information about the Department’s addiction recovery and mental health programming, and also to discuss the need for more mental health care and recovery programs beyond the walls of the institution.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins and members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently participated in the 18th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace.

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins visited the Epiphany School to meet with members of the Urban Achievers program, and to speak to students of the Epiphany School as a whole.

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently hosted Gubernatorial Candidate Juliette Kayyem on a tour of the Suffolk County House of Correction.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins recently spoke at the “Conference on Mass Incarceration in the United States Prison System,” a gathering hosted by the Center for Church and Prison, Inc. with the goal of examining criminal justice reform and reducing the number of people incarcerated in the United States.

Members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently participated in the Peace Collaborative’s “Got Peace?” basketball tournament, held at the Madison Park Community Center in Roxbury.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins continued in his support for Roca, attending the organization’s 9th Annual Breakfast, which was held at the Seaport Hotel in South Boston.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department recently participated in Project Bread’s 2014 Walk for Hunger.