The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the entire justice system, making it even harder to hold people accountable for their crimes, and now more than ever we need the assistance of our community to bring an end to these egregious crimes. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley
Here are the latest stats from our good friend at News Channel 3 Hannah Knowles:
Programs scaled back by the financial strife caused by Covid-19 have forced positive community programs like
Group Violence Initiative which have been found to help diffuse situations and prevent escalation to gun violence in the city, are no more.