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'Gold library' helps Brazil crack down on Amazon's illegal mining

Ignacio Amigo Sam Cowie Avener Prado

April 06, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Porto Velho

Brazil’s Federal Police created a database of gold samples from different regions of the country to help confirm the origins of gold suspected to be illegally traded. Each sample is analyzed to understand its molecular composition, atomic structure, and morphological features. That information can be cross-referenced for matches with suspicious gold during investigations.

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Pairing Durango police with mental health professionals proves successful

Garret Jaros

April 03, 2023 |

Durango Herald |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

The Durango Police Department and Axis Health System teamed up to form the Co-Responder Program, which provides a more nuanced response for police calls that deal with mental health, addiction, and homelessness, by sending mental health professionals along with law enforcement on calls. The program has responded to 1,419 calls since June 2021 and has been so successful that it’s expanding to other areas.

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Baltimore's new anti-violence strategy targets drug gangs

Lea Skene

March 28, 2023 |

Associated Press |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Homicide and shooting rates are declining in Baltimore. Officials credit the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy that, when possible, offers services and support to those participating in violent crime instead of law-enforcement action.

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Michigan city offers Wichita a road map for providing seamless mental health care

Julie Mack

March 21, 2023 |

Wichita Journalism Collaborative |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is working to reform behavioral health services and the way law enforcement interacts with those in a mental health crisis through efforts like its county-run crisis access center. An increased need has led to an expansion of these programs, and the city now has a psychiatric urgent care center, mobile crisis teams that make house calls, social workers who join the police on 911 calls and plans for a 24/7 behavioral health crisis center that will open in November.

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Shootings Remain High in Philly, But City-Funded Violence Interruption Shows Promise

Mensah M. Dean

March 14, 2023 |

The Trace |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s city-funded Group Violence Intervention program identifies people who commit crimes together and offers them help to get a job, GED, or whatever assistance they need. The program brings together a variety of community members to conduct outreach, offer social services, and warn them of the consequences of continuing to participate in crimes.

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Safe, not seedy: How sex work changed after two decades of decrim in New Zealand

Mia Malan Mohale Moloi Linda Pretorius

March 07, 2023 |

Bhekisisa |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: New Zealand

Making sex work a legal, recognized profession allows sex workers to conduct business in a much safer way. The decriminalization of sex work has also helped to strengthen relationships between sex workers and law enforcement, ensuring they have someone to call upon in emergencies. There are also now clinics, like the New Zealand Sex Workers’ Collective, which provides specialized care to sex workers.

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A class that brings Manhattan prosecutors together with incarcerated men

Arun Venugopal

February 14, 2023 |

Gothamist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A class at the Manhattan DA Academy brings together assistant district attorneys and people completing their prison sentences in an effort to facilitate meaningful conversations between them.

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A Chicago Mural Project Becomes a Nationwide Movement

Martha Contreras

February 09, 2023 |

Borderless Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The Mural Movement uses the power of art as a tool to help Black and brown communities heal when grappling with gun violence and racism. The group works with artists who create murals of victims of gun violence and now has 186 murals nationwide.

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Looking to cut down 911 response time, UM-Flint police offer the city a data-driven solution

Kate Stockrahm

February 05, 2023 |

Flint Beat |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

The University of Michigan-Flint Department of Public Safety launched a new problem-oriented policing initiative aimed to reduce crime and improve 911 response time downtown. Having the UM-Flint department patrol downtown frees up the City of Flint department to answer 911 calls in the rest of the city more quickly. Problem-oriented policing has helped crime levels decrease significantly and helps foster connections between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

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Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?

Alec MacGillis

January 30, 2023 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Community violence intervention programs like the interrupter model and groups like Cure Violence are deploying knowledgeable people — specifically those with experience in crime and the legal system — into neighborhoods to help steer people away from gangs and violent crime. The purpose with groups like Cure Violence is to treat violent crime — like gun violence — like an epidemic, deploying those with credibility into vulnerable populations. When Cure Violence was first launched in Chicago in 2000, shootings declined by 68%.

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