LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Nearly one-third of the city’s shootings come from gangs and group violence, but Louisville leaders are trying to combat the issue by focusing on the city’s youth. The organizers behind Metro Louisville’s Group Violence Intervention program hope conversations with known gang members in middle and high school will turn their lives
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — During Monday’s Public Safety and Youth Services Committee meeting, it was announced that November is the first month in over 2.5 years that no one was shot, according to The Gazette. Public Safety and Youth Services Committee members credits the decrease to the city’s new group violence intervention program, which helps those
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For the first time, Jacksonville hosted the Group Violence Intervention Conference — part of the National Network For Safe Communities — to discuss strategies to fight gang violence and reduce shootings and murders in the city. The three-day conference ended Thursday, and organizers said it was a huge success. More than 250 participants
A US strategy sometimes credited with helping Malmö bring its shootings under control after years of gang violence is now being rolled out to troubled youths in the city. The Sluta skjut approach (“ceasefire”, or literally “stop shooting” – known as Group Violence Intervention in the US) has so far been used on a handful
A team in Jefferson County is working together to keep kids safe before they make decisions that could affect the rest of their lives. Group Violence Intervention (GVI) is made up of community members, law enforcement and social workers. They mentor kids who might be susceptible to engage in gun violence.
York, PA — Gun related crimes are way down in the White Rose City. Right now, York’s homicide rate is 78 percent lower than the same time last year. In fact, homicides, non-fatal shootings and shots fired incidents across the City of York are down from 58 to 78 percent compared to 2022. “It’s finally coming
Sasha Cotton, NNSC’s Senior Strategy Director, responds to the development of a federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention in this Washington Post opinion piece.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – The Davenport City Council on Tuesday got an update on Group Violence Intervention, a program aimed at reducing violence. Sarah Ott, the city’s chief strategy officer, told the council that 90 offenders have been notified through GVI since May 2022. Of those, only four have re-offended, she said. The city has been
The common pitch among leaders of the Group Violence Intervention speaking at a Tuesday evening town hall was that its solutions to violence will work in Pine Bluff. Inside a filled, sectioned-off ballroom of the Convention Center, the words were not minced and often emotional. The message was the same, however: Something has to be
The Milford police chief has been nationally recognized for her implementation of a gun violence intervention model experts are calling a “game changer.” In 2017, Cecilia Ashe was inspector of operations for the Wilmington Police Department, and gun violence was on the rise. She started asking experts for help and learned about an intervention that