Oakland City Hall and the police department are meeting residents with a united message that violence prevention works.
“Last year, we had over 30 percent reductions in homicides and shootings when we reimplemented the strategy. And so far, 18 months in, shootings have been reduced by 50 percent in 18 months,” said Holly Joshi to a round of applauses. Joshi is the chief of Oakland’s Violence Prevention program, which oversees the Ceasefire strategy…