LMPD, families recognize Crime Victims’ Rights Week in metro [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Taking small steps to help some of the most vulnerable among us, dozens flocked to the waterfront on Thursday. Victims and their families were at the heart of conversation, as well as the specialized Louisville Metro Police team tasked with helping them.

“We are talking about folks who have experienced home invasion by a stranger, carjacking, someone who was at work one day and was held at gunpoint…domestic violence and sexual assault,” Meghan Ware, a victim services supervisor with LMPD’s Victim Services Unit, said. “Certainly what we’re hoping to do is empower folks.”

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg shared his own personal story of empowerment with the unit in the moments after police say Quintez Brown fired six shots at him back on Valentine’s Day 2022.

“I know the incredible help that they provided me in that moment of trauma like …