The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, has declared violent crime a public emergency amid a surge in shootings in recent weeks.
Highlights
- The resolution includes provisions to fund community partners via grants and other funding.
- At least 10 people were shot in Little Rock over the weekend, police said.
- “The loss of life is just astounding, and I look at it as basically a whole generation is being genocided,” city director Doris Wright said.
- The resolution was introduced during a meeting Tuesday by Little Rock’s mayor Frank Scott, Jr.
- The resolution passed after the meeting lasted nearly five hours, ABC Little Rock affiliate KATV reported.
- It included provisions to hire more mental health workers and add additional officers to the Little Rock Police Department’s street crimes unit, documents obtained by ABC News show.