The National Network’s approach has attracted significant media attention over twenty years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network’s projects around the nation and abroad.
The National Network convenes regular conferences, working sessions and webinars to discuss and promote developments in its core areas of operation, showcase innovations, and set research and development priorities.
More than 100 clergy, activists and supporters — nearly all of them bearing signs naming one of the more than 150 people killed in Richmond
This past May, the Cedar Rapids police department implemented the Group Violence Intervention Program. Police Chief Wayne Jerman said the GVI plays a huge part
Ten months after promising to discuss criminal justice reform, Sheriff Mike Williams still hasn’t met with a faith-based community group that is pushing the idea,
Oakland’s Ceasefire program even helped the city evade a mid-decade spike in homicides that afflicted other cities, including Chicago and Baltimore, the Giffords report concluded.
The National Network for Safe Communities mourns the tragic loss of Amir Locke. Despite Minneapolis’ work to increase the legitimacy of their policing – essential
When the Dallas Police Department brought on a new chief in February 2021, his mandate was clear: Reduce violent crime. But Garcia and other officials
“We must stop the flow of illegal guns in our city,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a speech Monday announcing his plan to combat gun
The City of Philadelphia launched a pandemic-modified version of the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) strategy in August 2020 as part of our goal of reducing
Now is the time when, with a year like 2021 squarely in the rearview mirror, a big city administration feels it can breathe again. I
Davenport will spend nearly $400,000 to reduce violent crime and help criminals become productive members of society. Last week, the city council approved a two-year
The National Network for Safe Communities is working together with the Evansville Police Department to combat crimes people commit as part of a group. Police
Last year, Mayor Greg Fischer and former United States Attorney Russell Coleman joined community leaders, Louisville Metro Police and Metro Council to announce the new
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