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Orlando’s leaders and gun violence survivors met Wednesday with Congressman Maxwell Frost to discuss the city’s Community Violence Intervention program — and the promise it’s shown to reduce shootings and gun homicides in its first year. The program, known also as CVI, aims to stop violent incidents before they escalate through mediation and resources to get at the heart of confrontations. It ...

The county is considering adding a Crisis Response Team that would respond immediately to shootings.

Orange County commissioners approved the latest set of recommendations brought by the Citizens Safety Task Force, which would include considering expanding funding for the credible messenger initiative and awareness of mental health programs. Monday’s unanimous vote comes exactly six months after shootings in Pine Hills by a lone gunman killed three people, including a child and a local TV ...

"If we can give them resources to cope with what happened and lead them to next steps and prevent them from contributing to the violence, then that’s what needs to be done.”

Orange County commissioners approved the latest set of recommendations brought by the Citizens Safety Task Force, which would include considering expanding funding for the credible messenger initiative and awareness of mental health programs. Monday’s unanimous vote comes exactly six months after shootings in Pine Hills by a lone gunman killed three people, including a child and a local TV ...