HIMSELF. THE TWO WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP. ONE YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE THE LAUNCH OF SAVE CASEY. IT’S A PROGRAM AIMED AT REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN KANSAS CITY. AND KMBC NINE S DORISSA WHITE IS LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER LEADERS TALKED ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY THIS MORNING AND DORISSA. THEY SAY THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. WELL, FROM WHAT KCPD IS SAYING, THEY’RE CONTRIBUTING MOST OF THE DECREASE IN GROUP VIOLENCE AROUND THE CITY TO THIS ORGANIZATION. LAST NIGHT, THE INITIATIVE MARKED ITS ANNIVERSARY WITH A CALL IN EVENT WITH 13 FORMER REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO GATHERED TO SHARE HOW THEY’VE TURNED THEIR LIFE AROUND. THE MESSAGE FROM SAVE CASEY WAS CLEAR. DO NOT ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE AND DO NOT ENGAGE WITH OTHERS WHO DO. WE CARE ABOUT YOUR FUTURE, BUT VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO ACCEPT. THE SERVICES OFFERED TO STOP ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BUT IN ACTION IN THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD IS NOT AN OPTION. IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE FOOL AROUND AND FIND OUT. SAVE CASEY IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, KCPD, AND THE URBAN LEAGUE. THEIR GOAL IS TO INTERVENE WITH GANGS AND HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, GIVING THEM RESOURCES TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. THEY SAY GROUP HOMICIDES ARE DOWN AND VIOLENCE IN THE CITY IS DECREASING. I THINK THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR ITSELF. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING A ALMOST A -60% IN HOMICIDE OR, EXCUSE ME, NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. KCPD SAYS GROUP RELATED HOMICIDES OR VIOLENCE IS ANY INCIDENT WHERE TWO OR MORE PEOPLE ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE TOGETHER, BUT NOT MEETING THE DEFINITION OF A GANG. NOW SAFE, CASEY CONNECTS HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS WITH RESOURCES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND JOB PLACEMENT. REPORTING LIVE IN KANSAS CITY, DORISSA WHITE KMBC NINE NEWS. THANK YOU. DORISSA KCPD SAYS NONFATAL SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 31%, BUT THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO TELL IF THE