"Christopher's Law," filed by Councilwoman Jennifer Chappell, D-District 15, was introduced in a Public Safety Committee meeting on Wednesday.
The neighborhood where they were shot is shake, but some just chalk it up to life in the city.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told the Council Public Safety Committee Wednesday evening that the department's current helicopter is so old, they can't buy parts for it.
The special meeting is on Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5 p.m. in Metro Council Chambers on the third floor of City Hall at 601 W. Jefferson Street.Â
The ordinance would give Alcohol Beverage Control the authority to suspend a liquor license immediately after a shooting at a business.
After a bombshell report delivered by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier this month, the Department of Justice and Louisville Metro Police Department will soon negotiate on an agreement focused on ways to improve policing in Louisville.
Ordinance aims to strengthen fines against drag racing, 'reckless driving exhibitions' in Louisville
Louisville Metro Police have increased patrols, both on the ground and in the skies, to try to monitor and stop the crime.
Metro Councilwoman Cassie Chambers Armstrong, D-8, said the focus on late-night safety came after a string of incidents last summer on Bardstown Road.
The ordinance would make shooting a gun randomly anywhere in the city a Class A misdemeanor and punishable by up to a year in jail.
When it comes to pushing a vote of "no confidence" in the leaders of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, the Public Safety Committee of Louisville Metro Government is forcing its hand.