OVP Kickback ☀️ Baden's Hickey Park

The St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), a division of the St. Louis Department of Public Safety, is working in partnership with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and Be SMART, an Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund program, to continue gun violence prevention efforts in St. Louis and spread the critical message to community members about secure firearm storage. This was a free neighborhood event, providing residents a place to gather for food, music and entertainment. Future events will be hosted in new locations on the third Saturday of every month.

On May 20, the second OVP Kickback was hosted in Hickey Park in Baden and CRCSTL was again excited to attend, interact with the community and spread the word about our services around conflict resolution and promote de-escalation in hopes of preventing violence was escalating.

The event was featured in the local news. Click the picture below to watch information about this event, which begins at 3:22 of the broadcast