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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.

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