By james art 
By Barnet Wright | Birmingham Times
As a result of a record year for murder in Birmingham, the non -partisan research organization has launched a partnership with leaders and agencies to reduce violence and increase health and opportunities in Jefferson County.
Birmingham ended 2024 with 151 murders, the largest number of killings in the city in nearly a century.
The Alabama (PARCA) Council will serve as an intermediary for the newly formed justice management partnership in Birmingham-Jeffson County, which seeks to understand and address the conditions that give rise to crime in neighborhoods where violence is concentrated.
Birmingham Councilor Latona Tate and County Commissioner Jefferson Shaila Tyson co-chairman of BJC-JGP and called the partnership leadership council last week at the Alabama Women Foundation.
“You have to have every person of the ecosystem,” she said. “You need to have a health department, you have to have philanthropy, you have to have the city, you must have a county, you have to have the state, you must have judges, you must have DAS – especially when trying to transform people’s lives … if You tell people to put weapons or change their lives with what will I replace it? “
Other Members of the JGP Leadership Counter in Attendance Last Week Included Jefferson County Health Officer David Hicks, Jefferson County Distorney Oounty Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates, As Well As Representtives from the Offices of Birmingham Mayor Randal Woodfin and Sheriff Mark Petway and philanthropic leaders.
The partnership for the management of justice has started with the support of the initiative to reform the Criminal Justice of the Aspen Institute (CJRI), a non -party organization for educational and political research based in Washington, Colombia.
The initiative to reform the Criminal Justice of ASPER brings together national experts on criminal justice, education and budgeting in order to help local communities develop more effective approaches to public safety.
“Without data, we can sit here and say that we want to fight crime all day and reduce violence with weapons … [but] You need to have the data to enter initiatives based on evidence that are happening across the country, “Tate said. “The closest to the problem is the decisive solution.”
The launch of JGP follows the release of the Birmingham Crime Committee report commissioned by Mayor Woodfin. The Commission report requires the implementation of strategies to reduce violence based on evidence, commitment and investment in the Community and sustainable management for the implementation, monitoring and maintenance of short and long -term solutions.