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Fatal overdoses more than doubled in Annapolis and increased by almost 20% in Anne Arundel County in 2020, a sobering sign of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on substance use prevention efforts across the county.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... With about 300 shooting victims in Bernalillo County, and more than 80 homicides in the county and Albuquerque last year, innovative programs directed at reducing gun violence in the Metro are certainly welcome. Kyle Hartsock, special agent in charge of the Crime Strategies Unit at the Bernalillo Cou...

Created: December 17, 2020 03:23 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The City of Albuquerque plans on attacking the homeless problem on a broader scale.  "We are turning to a multiple-site approach," said Quinn Donnay, Gateway Project coordinator. "That means there are smaller sites that help different types of demographics in different parts of town. The city is planning to purchase all 527,000 square feet of space at the Gibson Medical Center.  However, the facility will likely be used for mor...

Violent crime is down slightly in all four categories

>> i guess no investigation was done to the point where they could have determined that this person had to be arrested. what we didnt know is no one actually translated the text. >> reporter: the family believes she and her daughters would still be alive if the person had taken action. >> translator: my daughter may be dead and cant do anything in this case, but i want justice. >> reporter: now after an internal review of the incident, the new york city police department says a memo will be circ...

Doing the other cases in which it happened as well. >> unfortunately advocates say this is not the first time something like this happened. two months before garcia was killed. the violence intervention program filed a lawsuit against the city of new york on behalf of six other hispanic domestic violence vehicles who claimed they were denied adequate translation service that. case is still pending, but in daisys case, they said after an internal review, a memo would be circulated to all of the o...

>> we save their lives and we send them out... >> chris: carnell cooper is talking about the revolving door of violence in our inner cities. he spent years at the university of maryland medical center in baltimore, patching up young african-american men who had been wounded in the streets, only to have them come back, more seriously wounded. the turning point was in 1996. when a former patient was readmitted with a fatal gunshot to the head. >> and, we cant do anything about the things that put ...

>> we save their lives and we send them out... >> chris: carnell cooper is talking about the revolving door of violence in our inner cities. he spent years at the university of maryland medical center in baltimore, patching up young african-american men who had been wounded in the streets, only to have them come back, more seriously wounded. the turning point was in 1996. when a former patient was readmitted with a fatal gunshot to the head. >> and, we cant do anything about the things that put ...