Watch live: Biden administration officials talk public safety at annual mayor’s conference

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20 June 2024 at 3:15 pm

Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and a Drug Enforcement Administration official are slated to deliver remarks Thursday on public safety issues at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’s annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo.

The event is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m EDT.

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