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Crisis services report July outreach numbers; coalition and city explore joint public forum on violence-reduction work
Summary
Crisis services staff told the Rock Against Gun Violence Coalition they supported families after four homicides in July (including in nearby Gates) and that the community support team served 120 victims in July. The coalition discussed organizing a public forum with the police and Office of Violence Prevention to highlight local prevention and
At the August meeting of the Rock Against Gun Violence Coalition, crisis-services representatives reported outreach activity and client contacts for July and described support provided to families affected by recent homicides.
A crisis-services speaker, introduced as Leslie, said the community support team served a total of 120 victims during July and that team members made personal visits to families affected by homicides, including incidents in nearby Gates where those families had not been receiving city resources. Leslie also reported call- and response-volume figures for July: "For the month of July, we had pick a loan calls at 26. Co response was 35. For telecounseling, we did 12, and people who were not serviced was 315 for a total of 589 calls we received for the month of July," noting those numbers in the meeting transcript.
Council Member Willie Lightfoot and other coalition participants praised crisis staff for extending services beyond city limits and asked that the police provide additional investigative context when possible. Commissioner Griffin raised a separate question about the public circulation of graphic videos showing youth violence and urged the coalition’s advocacy committee to explore legal and legislative avenues — a suggestion coalition leaders said should be referred to the district attorney’s office and considered by the advocacy committee.
Chief Napolitano and Captain Murrah joined portions of the meeting. Chief Napolitano thanked coalition partners and said the fire department is coordinating with coalition outreach (including mobile events) and recruitment activities. Captain Murrah described RPD case statistics and emphasized law enforcement concerns about ghost guns and tracing; he and coalition leaders agreed to explore a joint public forum in the fall to explain the city’s interventions and the role of coalitions and partners.
The meeting recorded no formal motions or votes on these items. Coalition members requested follow-up: to circulate crisis-service materials, to resend event flyers to coalition mailing lists, and to plan the suggested fall community forum with RPD, the Office of Violence Prevention and coalition partners.
