Program Fosters Police-Youth Relationships
The Gainesville Police Department teamed up with the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding to discuss the relationships between police officers and youths. The Police-Youth Dialogue Program gives...
View ArticleSocial-Emotional Program Aims To Reduce Bullying
At A. Quinn Jones Exceptional Student Center, every student uses seventh period for social-emotional learning. Designed to help reduce bullying, the class is the first regularly scheduled class of its...
View ArticleDialogues Between Police, Community Promote Positive Change
The Gainesville Police Department and The River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding are bringing dialogues to the communities around Gainesville to hear from people who have issues in their neighborhoods....
View ArticlePasco Body-Worn Cameras Bring Transparency, Inspire Other Counties
Body-worn cameras have helped officers in Pasco County become more transparent with the public and are soon headed to the Gainesville Police Department.
View ArticleKid Arrests Drop In Alachua County; Police Point To Improved Minority Policing
The drop comes as the county has been combating a problem known as "disproportionate minority contact" — or DMC — between law enforcement and minority children, both in school and in the community.
View ArticleUnshame Supports Sexual Assault Victims
In 2014 Gretchen Casey founded the Unshame campaign in Gainesville to support rape victims around the world. Today over 1,000 people follow the Unshame group page on Facebook.
View ArticleLiberty Phoenix Makes New Music With Folk Super-Group Pine
WUFT's Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, spoke with the members of Pine about their forthcoming debut CD and Free Fridays concert at Bo Diddley Plaza tonight.
View ArticleJuvenile Offenders Get Chance In The Spotlight With Guidance From Hippodrome,...
Raiford is Union Juvenile Residential Facility currently holding 24 young men from ages 13 to 18. For the next few months a team of theater and education workers from Gainesville will make weekly...
View ArticleAlachua County School District Officials Raise Concerns About Hope...
Nearly 2,500 Florida students have applied for a scholarship intended to help victims of bullying.
View ArticleAlachua County law enforcement agencies seek recruiting solutions
With dozens of vacancies across different local agencies, Alachua County has not been immune to national law enforcement recruitment challenges. As local law enforcement applicant pools dwindle,...
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