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After more than a year of meetings of community leaders, stakeholders and concerned citizens, the Peoria Safety Network is preparing to put boots on the ground to prevent gun violence.
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The first 2023 meeting of the Peoria Safety Network, a group of community officials and leaders aimed at reducing gun violence, provided year-end statistics and an important update on the status of the Cure Violence Initiative.
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The December meeting of the Safety Network, a group of community leaders, citizens and law enforcement working to reduce gun violence in Peoria, confirmed the Cure Violence program is still on track to implementation.
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Peoria Police Department crime analyst Jacob Moushon said that, overall, shooting incidents are down 30% and shooting murders are down 31% in November 2022 compared to the same time in 2021.
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Cure Violence Global is assessing the readiness of Peoria for its violence prevention program.
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The community received the first glimpse Monday of how the Cure Violence Global program works and how it could be implemented in Peoria.
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The September meeting of the Peoria Safety Network included a new position at the Peoria Police Department, an update on the status of the proposed Cure Violence assessment and brainstorming on potential programs to combat crime.
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The August meeting of the Peoria Safety Network featured new crime data from the Peoria Police Department, an update on a proposed Cure Violence assessment, and two new sources of potential funding for local violence prevention programs.
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President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for FY 2018 would cost Illinois more than $5 billion dollars in the next five years.That’s because the spending…