GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – 9 On Your Side continues to follow a story it first reported at 10 on Eastern North Carolina’s CW. Police arrested Desmond Moore and Chinedum Ekwuribe for selling drugs out ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. The strategy has its roots in ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is bringing back an old program known as focused deterrence to reduce homicides, hoping to see sustained improvements. "Everyone wants to do a rally, a prayer vigil,” ...

CHATTANOOGA (CPD) – The Chattanooga Police Department posted this announcement today on their Facebook page” Chief Murphy announces Focused Deterrence Initiative to help combat recent violence. With ...

ST. LOUIS — It’s called focused deterrence. And studies show the crime reduction strategy works to decrease homicides. Now, regional and economic business leaders are hoping the people in power will ...

Police and Mayor Quinton Lucas say a focus on deterrence, community partners and youth curfews could help stem the record violence of last year, when there were seven homicides over Memorial Day ...

St. Paul’s new Office of Neighborhood Safety is gearing up to coordinate Operation Peace to focus on places where gun violence is happening, and people who are involved or could become victims. The ...

This article first appeared in the Solutions newsletter. Click here to learn more about the newsletter and sign up. To understand why St. Louis officialdom is gearing up to try “focused deterrence”—an ...

A KCPD officer guards a murder scene in 2020. Based on the idea of "focused deterrence," the program will connect people who have committed violent crime or are at risk of committing crime to the ...

Canada has seen an increase in gun violence in recent years. In the past few months, Montréal and its suburbs have seen numerous shootings, with some fatalities, including bystanders. There have also ...