ShotSpotter sensors quickly alert police to gunfire in neighborhoods.
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Clean Slate Milwaukee urges ex-convicts to ‘be part of their own rescue’
Clean Slate Milwaukee provides expungement services for young adults between the ages of 17-25 who have non-violent felony or misdemeanor convictions.
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Council member to introduce legislation requiring body cameras on police
New legislation is anticipated this week that would require police officers to wear body cameras while working in the community.
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Milwaukeeans to demonstrate in support of outraged Ferguson residents
Local citizens and organizations are calling for justice in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo. A demonstration is planned for Friday at Red Arrow Park, where an African American man was shot to death by a police officer in April.
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‘The shooters are killing people who look like themselves’
More than 50 city residents listened as one after another described their personal connection to gun violence and shared thoughts on how to stop it.
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Curbing violence in Milwaukee will “take a village”
At a town meeting on gun violence, leaders and citizens agreed that community members have to take back their own neighborhoods.
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Urban Ecology Center branches provide safe options for outdoor play
In some city neighborhoods, kids play indoors because parents fear for their safety. But places such as the Urban Ecology Centers are providing safe havens for outdoor play and creating safer neighborhoods in the process.
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New shelter offers women a chance to leave life on the streets
Clare Community has opened a home for prostitutes and victims of sex trafficking while they transition to a new life.
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Corner stores fill need for convenience, companionship
Milwaukee’s hundreds of corner stores are microcosms of their neighborhoods.
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Community members march across bridge to stop violence
Community organizations have begun a campaign to stop the violence in the city of Milwaukee. Saturday’s walk across the James E. Groppi Unity Bridge kicked off the yearlong campaign.