Pontiac launches group violence intervention program to reduce gun violence
City staff and community partners begin training to address violence and juvenile involvement.
The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice (NI) was a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014 to improve relationships and increase trust between communities and police. In addition, the NI sought to advance the public and scholarly understandings of the issues contributing to those relationships. The NI consisted of three pillars: Procedural Justice, Implicit Bias, and Police-Community Reconciliation.
In August 2019, the Urban Institute published an evaluation of the NI. Public opinion surveys conducted by the Urban Institute demonstrated that procedural justice and implicit bias training, when combined with frank engagements between communities and police that address past and present harm and inform policy and practice changes, improve police-community relations. The outcome of the NI is a successful framework to increase police legitimacy, which is a key element in improving public safety.
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In the News
Pontiac launches group violence intervention program to reduce gun violence
City staff and community partners begin training to address violence and juvenile involvement.
May 28, 2025
Training aims to curb gun violence in Pine Bluff
To tackle gun violence in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County, members of Group Violence Intervention are learning about call-ins with would-be offenders as a way
March 17, 2025
City of Roanoke sees progress in reducing violence
The city of Roanoke is making strides in its efforts to reduce violence, with significant progress reported in recent months. The city’s Group Violence Intervention
February 7, 2025
STRIVE webinar on Intimate Partner Violence Intervention
Through the Statewide Targeted Reductions in Intimate Partner Violence initiative (STRIVE), $35 million dollars will be invested to enhance safety and responses to victims. This
January 28, 2025
