Team members of the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, shown here in this submitted photo, will be collaborating further with Cleveland Heights and its police department, thanks in part to a $175,000 Community Violence Intervention Microgrant awarded through the U.S. Department of Justice. This is over and above a $300,000 federal grant announced last month by the affiliated Bureau of Justice Assistance.CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The U.S.
The collaboration between police and the CPA will “jointly implement youth-targeted, evidence-based violence prevention activities, such as engaging high-risk youth and connecting them with the relevant social, economic and education resources,” city officials said. “These specially trained adults serve as a buffer between the youth population and direct law enforcement response and are a proven means of violence interruption,” city officials noted.