Posts Tagged ‘office of neighborhood safety’
Group plans to offer services to youth, locals in crisis
A new alternative, social service program called Men and Women of purpose hopes to set up in Richmond. Led by Antwon Cloird, the group includes former felons, drug addicts and others who have overcome difficult circumstances. They have turned their lives around and now have professional degrees in psychiatry and counseling. “We all have a…
Read MoreMourning lives lost in Richmond, 2011
Friday’s ceremony to remember the victims of homicide in Richmond has become an annual exercise, as McLaughlin uses her monthly meet-the-mayor meetings every December as a solemn occasion to reflect on the lives lost to violence in the city.
Read MorePolice Chief Magnus visits Richmond Confidential
Richmond Police Department Chief Chris Magnus and Captain Mark Gagan came to the Richmond Confidential newsroom Friday to discuss police-media relations and answer questions. Magnus has been chief of the RPD since January 2006. He served as a cop in Lansing, Michigan for 18 years and then as the chief of police in Fargo, North…
Read MoreOffice of Neighborhood Safety proponents discuss City Hall fistfight, moving forward
Office of Neighborhood Safety staff and supporters spoke publicly Monday night about the details of the fistfight that broke out among seven young men on October 14 in City Hall and what the altercation means for the future of ONS. In a nearly two-hour discussion at the Human Rights and Human Relations Commission meeting, they…
Read MoreCity Hall fistfight catalyst for debate between Office of Neighborhood Safety and critics
Long-standing rifts between the Office of Neighborhood Safety and its critics have broken open following a fight last week involving youth from rival neighborhoods who had gathered inside City Hall.
Read MoreCity Hall briefly closes after fistfight in ONS office
DeVone Boggan, director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety, called 25 young men known as some of the most violent or at-risk youth in Richmond into the City Manager’s office in City Hall more than a year ago. He wanted to show them the fantastic view of the Bay Area and to make them an…
Read MoreRichmond moves to ban the box
On the first page of the application to work for the city of Richmond, question 14 stands out in capital letters: “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?” By the end of the month, that question will be gone. The change is the first step in a campaign to “ban the box” in Richmond…
Read MoreSurrender ROW comes to Richmond
In life, people makes choices, both good and bad, but what is often ignored is how these choices affect family, friends and others in the long run.
The notion of how decisions impact others is explored in-depth through the eyes of an African-American woman…
Read MoreONS returns from South Africa with new goals
When Kevin Muccular visited South Africa early this September, he saw a group of local children playing, making up their own games because they could not afford toys. They smiled and chased each other around, impervious to their economic situation. “We [talked to] their parents, who said the children haven’t eaten in days but still…
Read MoreAdvocates call on community to end violence
There were fewer bodies in the audience at Thursday night’s Office of Neighborhood Safety meeting than have been laid out in blood on Richmond’s streets thus far this year. But although organizers said they were discouraged by the turnout at the Dynamics of Peace forum, those who did show up at the Nevin Community Center…
Read MoreGetting out, staying out
Convicted felons are finding jobs by becoming professional researchers for Pacific Institute.
Read MoreInto the hurt zone, looking to heal
Peace outreach workers forged ahead with their mission in the Crescent Park apartments Friday night, even though their leader had to rush away after receiving word that tragedy had just struck close to home.
Read MoreLooking to increase the peace
About a dozen residents, city staff and local church leaders visited the crime-plagued Pullman Point apartment complex in South Richmond Friday as part of a continuing local effort to reduce crime through volunteer outreach.
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