February 18, 2020
Anti-domestic violence program to be widened
Armed with data showing its effectiveness, District Attorney Dave Clegg said this week he wants to take the “Intimate Partner Violence Intervention” [IPVI] program countywide.
Armed with data showing its effectiveness, District Attorney Dave Clegg said this week he wants to take the “Intimate Partner Violence Intervention” [IPVI] program countywide.
Danielle Outlaw, Philadelphia’s first female African-American Police Commissioner, discusses how Philadelphia plans out to roll out Group Violence Intervention (GVI) in the city.
The cities that have been the most successful in reducing gun violence have effectively used focused deterrence by targeting repeat violent offenders who are most likely to shoot others and those most likely to be shot to prevent retaliation.
The Mayor of Alton, Illinois discusses how the city is one of three sites that were picked to begin implementing NNSC’s Intimate Partner Intervention (IPVI).
Hoping to prevent a repeat of last year’s gun violence, Minneapolis and St. Paul leaders are expanding anti-crime strategies that focus more on community-based solutions and public health than on beefing up police patrols.
The progressive prosecutor wants to fight gun violence with a light touch. His critics say he’s crazy. His defenders say he’s onto something.
The Oakland Police Department’s failure to make arrests in the homicides of black members of the community as well as to provide support and assistance to family members without discrimination is arguably a violation of international human rights law, according to a report released yesterday.
The Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce has thrown its support behind a series of proposals designed to improve public safety across the state, including focused deterrence strategies to tackle violence from organized groups or gangs.
In many major US cities, acts of police brutality have eroded trust, making residents less likely to place their trust in law enforcement and more likely to seek vigilante justice, based on the study by Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
The effort, called the Kansas City No Violence Alliance, or KC NoVA, garnered national attention after killings dropped to a historic low of 86 in 2014, the fewest in Kansas City in more than four decades