Cedar-Riverside residents call for city to renew violence interrupter contract

Cedar-Riverside residents call for city to renew violence interrupter contract

Cedar-Riverside residents and business owners are raising the alarm after the city announced it would not renew the contract for violence interrupters in the neighborhood. Metro Youth Diversion, a violence interrupter group that helps de-escalate potentially violent situations and engages with community members, left Cedar-Riverside after four years of patrolling the neighborhood. The contract expires March 31, according to Neighborhood Safety D…