The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a grant to add 10 school resource officers to its school division.

The City of Roanoke's Gun Violence Prevention framework is being recognized by Virginia's Department of Criminal Justice Services. During the presentation Wednesday, city leaders examined the parallels between poverty and gun violence while also noting the positive changes made in the city.

The City of Roanoke received more than half a million dollars in grants to address gun violence.

RADFORD, Va. Radford is getting help paying for school resource officers. City Manager David Ridpath says they were just notified they will get a Department of Criminal Justice Services grant to help pay for two officers over the next three years. This is part of more than $95 million in federal grant funding to 229 localities, nonprofit organizations, and state agencies throughout Virginia to support state and local criminal justice programs. The Criminal Justice Services Board of the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) approved these grants during its May 21 virtual meeting. Other local school districts were also awarded money for school resource officers and security officers including:

ROANOKE, Va. - You can find gun safety courses at businesses and police departments but when it comes to how the classes are taught, there's no set standard in Virginia. "I don't think guns are going anywhere. They've been around a long time and they're going to continue to be around," said Roanoke Police Chief Tim Jones, who wants to see change when it comes to gun safety classes. "The course we teach is offered by our firearms instructors who have decades of experience," said Eric Orange, Roanoke County's sheriff, who adds they had to develop their own gun safety course. We often use the term in law enforcement, 'Let's don't reinvent the wheel.'