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Colorado police chaplain urges pastors to invest in trauma counseling

Posted November 16th, 2016

As violence increases, chaplain calls for increase in spiritual support For the Rev. Howard Dotson, the decision to become a chaplain and crime victims’ advocate began when two young men he was talking with were gunned down within a half hour of his meeting. The two were on a street corner raising money for a friend who had been shot and killed two days before. Dotson says the two wanted to make a stand against gun violence and honor a fallen friend before becoming victims themselves.