Opinion | 'Rising youth gun violence has scarred our community, stealing lives and shattering futures.'
This is the type of crisis that requires cities and the state to remake their budgets, allocating resources to the types of interventions we know work to stem youth crime – mental health care in schools, social workers connecting with families, paid meaningful internships after school, teacher-led after school programs, and school district led security enhancements to detect guns in schools and in parking lots.
These interventions should be data-led. Which schools have the highest number of students arrested over the past four years for violent offenses? What are the siblings and friends of that incarcerated youth doing now? How can we intervene to set those children on a path that will be better for them and better for society?
Because of laws protecting juvenile victims and perpetrators from identification, this is data that only police and school districts can compile working together. We need this information, and collection should start immediately. The data also should be made public, so Colorado’s non-profits can work collaboratively to save young lives too.
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