GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – 9 On Your Side continues to follow a story it first reported at 10 on Eastern North Carolina’s CW. Police arrested Desmond Moore and Chinedum Ekwuribe for selling drugs out ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is bringing back an old program known as focused deterrence to reduce homicides, hoping to see sustained improvements. "Everyone wants to do a rally, a prayer vigil,” ...
While the program was brought back under former Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, the current Jackson County Prosecutor, Melesa Johnson, helped develop the initiative when she was Director ...
Police and Mayor Quinton Lucas say a focus on deterrence, community partners and youth curfews could help stem the record violence of last year, when there were seven homicides over Memorial Day ...
This article first appeared in the Solutions newsletter. Click here to learn more about the newsletter and sign up. To understand why St. Louis officialdom is gearing up to try “focused deterrence”—an ...
This week, for the first time in half a decade, we — the city, law enforcement, the Jackson County prosecutor’s office and community service providers — sat at the table with those driving Kansas City ...
Federal authorities plan to more closely analyze violent crimes in Dallas and focus on people at risk of re-offending as part of an effort with police to reduce violence this summer. The operation, ...