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New Alternatives to Violence Team Launches on West Boulevard
Following signs of success from the city’s first Alternatives to Violence program on Beatties Ford Road, the city of Charlotte has officially rolled out its second team of violence interrupters, this time along the West Boulevard corridor. Its goal is to minimize gun violence in the area by offering alternative…
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CMPD Releases Body-Cam Footage of Stabbing, Police Shooting
Nearly four months after a man was shot and killed by police after stabbing an officer in August, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage showing what happened during the altercation. On August 20 just before 8 a.m., a woman called 911 from an apartment in the…
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CMPD Animal Care & Control Opens Satellite Shelter Amidst Crisis
Several times a week, a CMPD Animal Care & Control employee is tasked with one of the most gruesome jobs at the shelter; they are given a wheelbarrow filled with euthanized animals and told to take them to the incinerator for cremation. Then, they painstakingly clean the machine for the…
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