 Like fireworks events scheduled for Uptown on July 4th, CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said he and his staff are using preventative measures to try and ensure that what happened last year with scores of teens being arrested, as well as the mass shooting on New Year's Eve, doesn't happen for a third time. Jennings said during a press conference with the Charlotte City Partners that CMPD has started an initiative called JAID, which stands for Juvenile Accountability and Diversion Empowerment. Jennings said in the JAID program, officers have home visits