Examining Violent Crime in Louisville: A KET Forum discusses new violence intervention efforts to curtail and address the surge of homicides in the Derby City. Host Renee Shaw talks with local and national leaders about how city organizations—law enforcement, community activists, city officials and others—are working together to ensure safer neighborhoods through evidence-based strategies proven to reduce crime.

Examining Violent Crime in Louisville: A KET Forum airs Monday, May 24, at 8/7 pm on KET.

Scheduled guests for the forum panel include:

• Greg Fischer, Louisville mayor
• Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, deputy chief, Louisville Metro Police Department
• Christopher 2X, Louisville community activist and executive director of Christopher 2X Game Changers, an early-education non-profit organization
• Dr. Keith Miller, trauma and acute care surgeon, UofL Physicians
• Russell Coleman, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky (including Jefferson County)
• David Kennedy, criminologist and director of National Network for Safe Communities (via Skype)
• Monique Williams, director, Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (via Skype)

Link to preview trailer: https://youtu.be/wTPl8HkRz0s

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