"The city of Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention is working with the Urban Peace Institute, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, to create a training program for violence interrupters, unarmed civilians who de-escalate situations and prevent retaliation after shootings and other forms of violence. The first training cohort will launch in 2027. Oakland's violence intervention academy will be modeled after Urban Peace Institute's peace academy, which was established in 2008."
"It launched after an audit found that even though Los Angeles spent $25 billion, mostly on police, during its 30-year war on gangs, gang violence and membership increased. Since the academy started, the Urban Peace Institute has trained over 5,000 violence intervention workers in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Chicago, and other major cities, according to Fernando Rejón, the nonprofit's executive director."
Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention is partnering with the Urban Peace Institute and GreenLight Fund to establish a community violence intervention academy. The program will train unarmed violence interrupters to de-escalate conflicts and prevent retaliation after shootings and other violent incidents. The first cohort will launch in 2027. The academy is modeled on the Urban Peace Institute's 2008 peace academy, which formed after an audit linked heavy policing spending to rising gang violence. A four-year, $1 million contract funds technical assistance and four training cohorts from 2027 to 2029.
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