New Orleans averaged a murder about every other day in the first six months of 2017 – startling for a city of less than 400,000 people – but the police chief said last week he was encouraged by a dip in killings that started the second half of the year. The city went without a murder
New Orleans averaged a murder about every other day in the first six months of 2017 – startling for a city of less than…
Before Joe Alvarez landed a job welding for renowned sculptor Frank Stella, and before the Newburgh native founded the grassroots organization behind many of the city’s positive initiatives, he was “Florida Rock.” Alvarez is one example of how teenagers and young men mired in drug dealing and violent crime can turn around their lives. That
Before Joe Alvarez landed a job welding for renowned sculptor Frank Stella, and before the Newburgh native founded the grassroots organization behind many…
The July 13 meeting in the Niagara Falls Public Library was set up under a state-sponsored program called GIVE – Gun-Involved Violence Elimination – used in 17 counties since 2014. Meeting with felons is one way the program tries to reach its goal of reducing violent crime, and the batting average for the GIVE program seems good: of
The July 13 meeting in the Niagara Falls Public Library was set up under a state-sponsored program called GIVE – Gun-Involved Violence Elimination – used in 17 counties since 2014. Meeting with felons is one way the program tries to reach its goal of reducing violent crime, and the batting average for the GIVE program seems good: of
According to a recent report from the Urban Institute, a strategy aimed at reducing gun violence in Chicago by targeting gang members most at risk of being victims or perpetrators with a combination of “moral suasion” and the threat of criminal sanctions resulted in significant reductions of violence.
According to a recent report from the Urban Institute, a strategy aimed at reducing gun violence in Chicago by targeting gang members most at risk of being victims or perpetrators with a combination of “moral suasion” and the threat of criminal sanctions resulted in significant reductions of violence.
In this article and an accompanying TV news segment, WWMT introduces Kalamazoo's GVI implementation, which incorporates a “weekly round table wth an alphabet soup of law enforcement officers.”
In this article and an accompanying TV news segment, WWMT introduces Kalamazoo's GVI implementation, which incorporates a “weekly round table wth an alphabet soup of law enforcement officers.”