ShotStoppers is Detroit’s most prized crime reduction program. For a little over a year, the community intervention violence project has helped stop violence before it happens.

But the program may not continue beyond 2025. ShotStoppers rests on federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars, which will soon fade.

Producer Sam Corey sat down with interim Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison to learn more about the program and how he’s advocating for sustained funding.