Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said he held a productive phone conversation with Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday, and he pledged to work with her and state officials to tackle crime and create a safer community in Montgomery in the wake of a mass shooting that took place in the city’s downtown area last weekend.

Reed publicly thanked Ivey for the phone call on a post on X. He stated during an interview on the Alabama Politics This Week podcast that he was open to working with any state or local leaders who were genuinely concerned with making the city safer.

“There is a lot of political posturing going on right now,” Reed said during the interview. “That’s not helpful. But I’ve said all along that we will work with anyone. The more manpower, the better, as far as we’re concerned. We’ve had

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