Homicides and nonfatal shootings were down across the city in 2024 compared to 2023. Safe & Sound organizers talk about why they think things got better.
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Posted inCommunity, NNS Spotlight, Public Safety
NNS Spotlight: Center teaches students the power of peace
The Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee works with students and others to help teach tools to increase safety.
Posted inCommunity, Public Safety
Advocates worry proposal to change Wisconsin’s cash bail system will penalize the poor
Will a proposal to change the cash bail system penalize the poor? Some advocates say so, but others argue doing nothing about the current system would be a mistake.
Posted inCommunity
Many factors contributed to Ron Johnson’s November victory. Observers say race was most likely one of them.
Polls leading up to the elections as well as exit polling support a perception that the race of the candidates was relevant in the outcome of Wisconsin’s statewide elections, particularly the Senate race.
Posted inCommunity
What is on the minds of voters? Pollsters and professors weigh in on the upcoming elections
Inflation, violence and education make up the top issues Wisconsin voters are concerned about, experts say.
Posted inCommunity, Public Safety
Where did that gun used in a crime come from? Milwaukee police can’t easily tell you
Milwaukee lacks an overall picture of where guns used in shootings and other crimes originate from, which could possibly solve other crimes and identify trends to help create new approaches to prevent crime.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, North, Northwest, Public Safety, South
Nearly half of all guns seized by Milwaukee police since 2020 come from 5 North and Northwest side ZIP code areas
The Milwaukee Police Department seized 8,076 firearms from Jan. 1, 2020, to July 2022, nearly half of which came from five North and Northwest side ZIP code areas.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, Public Safety
Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate.
A new Sentencing Project report confirms the state’s deep racial disparities in incarceration, which one advocate calls ‘a slap in the face.’
Posted inNeighborhoods, Public Safety, Special Report
Reckless driving forces Milwaukee residents into game of “red light roulette”
After years of traffic fatalities and injury accidents trending down, both are now on the rise and are soaring to levels not seen in recent years. As police regroup, city residents are grappling with the idea that a green light doesn’t mean it’s safe to go.
Posted inLake Effect Radio
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: More police is not the answer for Milwaukee
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj goes on the air with Joy Powers to discuss Milwaukee’s message to the Common Council at a recent Public Safety Committee hearing: More police will not be sufficient to reduce violence and crime in the city.