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Behavioral health co-responders will be working with law enforcement in four cities by the end of this year.... The $10 million co-responder program will be piloted in Peoria, Springfield. Waukegan, and East St Louis through 2029.

A quadruple shooting in East Baltimore has left three people dead, including a Safe Streets worker, and one person injured, police said. Three others were injured in separate shootings in West and South Baltimore. VIDEO AT LINK.....................

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Kenyell Wilson, an outreach worker with the Safe Streets program, was shot and killed Thursday in Baltimore, police said. Wilson walked into Harbor Hospital with gunshot wounds at 4:41 p.m. and died a short time later, police said. Police have not determined where in the city the shooting occurred.Mayor Brandon Scott released a statement on Thursday evening following the news: “Safe Streets has a special place in my heart and I consider the Violence Interrupters who bravely serve this program as a part of my family. Tonight, our brother Kenyell Wilson became a victim of the gun...

The Orlando area continues to lock down its rank as the most dangerous place in the nation for pedestrians. “Still number one,” said Rayla Bellis, primary author of the 2021 Dangerous By Design report that analyzes the nation’s pedestrian deaths and compares statistics of metro areas and states. Orlando and a few other cities had slightly better numbers in the new report than in one two years ago. “These places were so dangerous to begin with that even seeing these improvements, they are still rising to the top,” Bellis said. The report by the pedestrian-safety advocacy groups Smart Growth America...

Dante Barksdale, an anti-gun violence activist who worked as the director of Baltimore’s Safe Streets program, is dead after being shot in the head. According to the Baltimore Sun, Safe Streets outreach workers “mediate disputes in the hopes of de-escalating conflicts.” “They also lead public education campaigns and work closely … Read Full Article Here: https://www.theblaze.com/news/baltimore-safe-streets-director-fatally-shot-in-the-head-while-visiting-housing-project

State officials intend to redirect highway funding to improve safety on Maine roads and stem a rising trend of injuries and deaths among pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers.Changes to transportation funding follow the completion of a report by a state task force on roadway safety. The task force was commissioned in February by Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt in response to a rising trend of vehicle collisions, specifically pedestrian deaths. It released its report publicly on Friday. “We had a terrible year last year with fatalities on our road system,” said Joyce Taylor, chief engineer at Maine Department of Transportation. “That really...

Police said this week's investigation began when they were called about 2:26 a.m. Monday to the intersection of Hillen and Forrest streets, just south of East Monument Street, where a man said he was just robbed at gunpoint by two men in a gray SUV. Soon after, an officer spotted the vehicle parked in the 2300 block of E. Monument and saw men dart inside the Safe Streets office. When officers eventually raided the office, they found guns, heroin, cocaine, and other items used in the manufacturing and sale of drugs, including cutting agents and scales, police said.

EditorialSecond Thoughts By: William W. Lawrence 11/11/2003Immediately following his landslide victory, Mayor John Street decided to cap the city's Safe Street money pit. Police district commanders received a memo the day after the election which stated, "Effective today, the Safe Streets overtime budget has been drastically cut."This could mean an exodus of honest folks leaving a crime-ridden city.*** Now that the election is over, the G-men may decide to cuff some white-collar criminals whose voices were heard on the famous bug in hizzoner's office. Look for overcrowding at Allenwood.***A special note to my good buddy Charlie Sexton. Congratulations on the...