Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, $1 million will support the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program at Stephens Elementary School to help combat violence.
The U.S. Department of Justice has identified Little Rock and West Memphis as targets for a planned expansion of a federal initiative to combat violent crime in select cities nationwide. The other towns added to the DOJ's "Violence Reduction Network" are Compton, Newark and Flint, Mich.