Safer Cities provides coverage and analysis on innovative efforts to deliver more safety for our cities and our country.

Study: “Consistent, Long-Term Engagement” In Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program “Can Cut Future Violence In Half.”

Report: “Community Violence Intervention Investments Have Helped Reverse Chicago’s Shooting, Homicide Trends.”

The Council of State Governments published some of the early learnings from a recent convening of four states—New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, and Washington—where state leaders are integrating 911 and 988 emergency response into a single, coordinated system that saves resources and reduces response times for all first responder teams, from law enforcement to mobile crisis response to fire to paramedics.