Safer Test 2

Falling Violent Crime

• Homicides and shootings have declined each year since 2022, with a significant drop from 2024 to 2025.
• YTD homicides and shootings are down more than 30% across the city
• Violent crime is down across the board

Investing in Law Enforcement and Public Safety

• Opened the nationally recognized LMPD Summit Wellness Center, improving officers’ mental and physical health and reducing time off work due to injury
• LMPD recruiting numbers are at a two-year high
• Appointed LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey
• Historic investments in security cameras across the city, license plate readers, and a new First Responder Drone Program
• Signed a five-year contract with the Louisville Firefighters union for the largest single pay raise in department history
• Announced $7 million in new fire apparatus and equipment
• Firehouse construction announced for Engine 23 – the first new firehouse in Louisville in over 15 years
• Negotiated 33% pay raise for paramedics - the single largest pay raise in Louisville EMS department history
• Signed four-year contract with police officers that includes 22% pay raise over four years to support recruitment and retention, increasing starting officer salary from $52,000 to $67,000
• Completed construction on new LMPD headquarters, bringing 300 officers downtown every day

Community-Focused Safety Initiatives

• Created Community Commitment – Louisville’s Consent Decree to continue implementing reforms and improvements at LMPD
• Launched the Community Safety Commission and Safe Louisville, a comprehensive violence reduction plan to continue reducing violent crime
• Expanded the crisis call diversion program countywide

• Reestablished the Park Ranger Program and hired the first Chief Park Ranger
• New ABC enforcement actions closed problem establishments
• Street racing crackdown led to record vehicle seizures and reduced takeovers
• Increased staffing provided new oversight within the Homeless Services Division, decreasing dangerous, unsafe, and unsanitary homeless encampments by 93%

Transparency and Accountability

• Established 10-day body cam release policy for officer-involved shootings
• Enhanced access to records for the Office of Inspector General
• LMPD fulfilled more records requests in 2024 than any previous year, dramatically reducing backlog
• LMPD Police Chief Paul Humphrey launched biweekly press briefings for media engagement

Corrections and Emergency Response

• Reduced in-custody deaths after improvements to intake screening process and expanded mental health support
• Increased funding for inpatient drug abuse treatment for inmates
• EMS launched a pre-hospital blood program
• Mayor's 2025-26 budget provides funding to hire medical professionals for specific 911 calls

Citywide Safety Enhancements

• Added new street lighting across Louisville, especially downtown
• Created a copper wire theft task force in collaboration with state agencies and telecom companies, leading to arrests in a matter of weeks
• Partnered with state and federal officials on the Prohibited Firearms Possessors initiative and a Gun Violence Task Force, cracking down on violent offenders

Leadership through Crisis

• Provided steady leadership during crises in 2025, uniting the community to support victims and first responders after the Old National Bank shooting, Givaudan Plant explosion, natural disasters like the 2025 snowstorm, tornadoes in Fairdale, Prospect, and Jeffersontown, and historic Ohio River flooding