New crime solutions tool launching in St. Louis focusing on places crimes happen, not who’s committing them
The Public Safety Collaborative includes people from various neighbourhoods trained on Risk Terrain Modeling, which analyzes crime locations to turn things around.
Nonprofit leaders to host ‘Save Our Youth’ forum Saturday
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis nonprofit leaders came together Thursday to call for community involvement in anti-violence initiatives and to promote “Save Our Youth,” a public forum planned for Saturday in the wake of a recent shooting that injured 11 youths and killed one teen.
Farrakhan Shegog, president and CEO of the nonprofit Young Voices With Action, said youth violence in St. Louis has reached a state of emergency.
Youth outreach group steps up to help curb teen violence downtown
ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -News 4 is hearing from local teenagers caught in the middle of a downtown debate.
“It could be a really important place for the youth. Why would you take something away just because somebody that is our age is doing it but not all of us are doing it,” says 16-year-old Melanie Sanders-Webb.
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