As Cincinnati police search for answers in the shooting death of a 16-year-old, City Hall is searching for answers for ways to stop the violence.

“Any life lost is one life too many,” said Cincinnati Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Kearney. Advertisement

Despite that, Kearney was not in favor of a $5.4-million public safety measure that came under debate Wednesday. One point of contention was nearly $1 million for the 3CDC ambassador program.

“$880,000 to walk people to their cars, we can better allocate that money. Let’s allocate some of this money to community violence intervention,” Kearney said as council prepared to vote on the measure.

"The ambassadors are cleaning up trash, they’re cleaning up needles three blocks from here, they’re cleaning up litter,” said councilman Mark Jeffreys. “Y

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