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The City of Charlotte has picked the nonprofits to run its newest Violence Interruption programs.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Commissioner Tom Ramsey both spoke out Wednesday following some tense moments at commissioner’s court on Tuesday.

Realtime crime center. which is a 21st century mechanism to support our police officers. in terms to support public safety. such as our violence interruption and credible messenger programs. we have gone through extreme measures, engaging people like wells fargo and the national league of cities. that has given us seed money for recovery. all the while, the state of mississippi has avoided that. instead has proposed this takeover which allows judges to have jurisdiction over civil matters. that ...

Metropolitik: The nonprofit organization has a new grant, and the city has a new interest in alternatives to traditional policing

An advisory group formally voted Thursday night to move ahead with its recommendation to give city funding to the controversial non-violence group Gideon's Army, along with a second non-profit.

An ambitious Metro plan to fund violence interruption efforts in North Nashville has hit a new snag.

The head of Gideon's Army has been banned from Pearl-Cohn High School after a profanity-laced tirade.

More than a year after the Metro Council set aside $1 million to make North Nashville a safer place to live, a city board is moving closer to a recommendation on how that money should be spent.

A celebrated employee of the non-violence group Gideon’s Army appears to have been a “high-level drug dealer," according to a recently concluded Metro police investigation.

At a City Council meeting Tuesday, city leaders unanimously approved distributing money for Summer Opportunity Youth Program grants.