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Community members are asked to volunteer over the next 30 school days, joining teams stationed at various transit centers as students use the bus system to get home.

A new framework called "Achieving Change Together for Cincy," or "ACT for Cincy," will guide Cincinnati's violence reduction efforts.

UC Health and Cincinnati Children's will work with victims of violence far beyond physical treatment.

Citywide, violent crime is down about 33% compared to the three-year average for this time of year. In the Central Business Section, the numbers are trending higher.

Council Member Liz Keating introduced the laws as one of her final actions before leaving office at the end of the year.

Cincinnati City Council Member Liz Keating wants to pass an ordinance to make it a local misdemeanor crime not to report a firearm stolen, as well as another ordinance to let the police department destroy a recovered weapon if it's not claimed in a certain amount of time.

A city-sponsored working group has been meeting since November and conducted a survey of businesses and residents. Nearly 50 business owners said crime is too big a problem.

Thirty-one children age 17 or younger have been shot so far this year, more than triple the number this time last year.

Nearly every category of crime went down in Cincinnati last year, contributing to an all-time low number of violent crimes.

Although overall crime is at a 10-year low in the city, shootings have not yet dropped to pre-pandemic levels. Cincinnati tied the record for gun-related homicides last year, with 84 deaths.