CPD to receive more than $6 million for hiring officers, community policing
The Cincinnati Police Department is hiring 50 additional officers thanks to a more than $6 million grant from the Department of Justice.
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The Cincinnati Police Department is hiring 50 additional officers thanks to a more than $6 million grant from the Department of Justice.
Cincinnati has tallied 339 shootings and 77 homicides in 2021.
Recently, the curfew was extended and walked back to 9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. Despite the curfew, violence is still happening and community leaders said they need more time and more money.
Longtime community activist issues community-wide plea for help while trying to stay hopeful
Hundreds fired up engines in anti-violence demonstration Ride for Peace Hundreds fired up engines to Ride for Peace and last updated 2021-05-03 11:14:09-04 CINCINNATI â Hundreds gathered on Sunday afternoon to Ride for Peace in a show of solidarity against violence in local communities and to call on communities to get involved. Among the hundreds who fired up motorcycles for the ride was Bridget Swint, whose son, LeRon Billings, was shot and killed in Walnut Hills in 2008. She still waits for Cincinnati Police to announce they've made an arrest for Billings' murder. "We need the city ...