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STL alderwoman claims Cure Violence ineffective
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ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis City official says taxpayers are not getting their money’s worth from the Cure Violence anti-crime program. Alderwoman Pam Boyd (Ward 27) represents parts of Walnut Park, one of the city’s most violent areas.
“I’ve been very vocal about Cure Violence,” she said, adding that the multi-million dollar program hasn’t lived up to its promises.
Cure Violence was supposed to reduce homicides by half. Instead, the number of homicides stayed the same in 2021 and 2022, at around 200.
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The Board of Aldermen, then led by Lewis Reed, pushed the plan in 2019, over some reservations by former Mayor Lyda Krewson.
Krewson wanted a go-slow approach to implementing the program and committing funding for it. Reed pushed for the entire program, which the Board of Aldermen adopted, to the tune of $7 million.
Boyd says it has not cut crime in half. “No, it really hasn’t. Not in my community,” she said.
Dr. Fredrick Echols, the city’s former health director and current CEO of Cure Violence Global, addressed Boyd’s criticism.
“It all depends on how involved they are with the program, and so, for individuals who are on the outskirts of the program, and individuals who have no idea what’s happening in the community, that can speculate,” he said. “Sometimes, based on my experience, there’s misinformation provided, and a lot of activity that typically happens within these programs that laypersons, or sometimes even elected officials, aren’t aware of.”
Echols says Cure Violence is working well in the three areas that it’s operating in, between 2019 and 2021. He says in those areas, it’s cut crime at least 46%.
Echols doesn’t know how much crime was cut—if at all—in those areas in 2022. He has yet to receive that data from the city.
At present, St. Louis has not renewed its contract for the program. Skeptics think the city should try something else.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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