City leaders in Louisville are hoping a comprehensive crime plan, focused on prevention, intervention and enforcement, will help the city reduce violent crime by 15% each year.
The five-year strategy, dubbed the Safe Louisville Plan, includes a lot of things the city is already focused on, like expanding employment opportunities for young people, addressing neighborhood blight and raising police officer pay. But it also includes changes to the Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, which is now called the Office of Violence Prevention to better align with its mission to provide non-police responses to gun violence.
Mayor Craig Greenberg also announced Wednesday that the city will establish a Community Safety Commission, bringing representatives from the criminal justice system, nonprofits, the business sector and other stakeholders together. The commission will receive regular reports and provide feedback on the city’s crime fighting strategies…