New Haven city leaders are launching a new nonprofit today to improve the quality of life in the city.
The New Haven Police Foundation will partner the police force with residents and the business community to help meet public safety goals and improve initiatives that engage the city's youth. Part of the goal is to work with the community to help obtain resources that are not yet available from the city, including equipment, new technology and training.
The announcement comes after several violent crimes in New Haven this month.
On April 6, Sanjay Patel, 39, was shot more than five times during a robbery at the Pay Rite Food Store at the Citgo station on Forbes Avenue and died at Yale-New Haven Hospital an hour later.
Then, on April 19, Jericho Scott, a 16-year-old baseball star, was shot and killed in front of his home.
The next day, Lyndell Moore, 29, of New Haven, was shot on Townsend Street and continued to drive until losing control of his vehicle and crashing. He was then rushed to the hospital, where he died.
A news conference to roll out the foundation will be held at 11:30 a.m. this morning at police headquarters.
