DOJ awards $7 million to help communities respond to violence, cop shootings

Published October 7, 2016 3:22pm ET



The Justice Department awarded $7 million in grants to help communities deal with their response to traumatic violence, including police-involved shootings.

Given to the International Association of Chiefs of Police in collaboration with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Yale School of Medicine, the money is supposed to help develop ways to defuse tension and promote community healing.

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