Archive for the ‘Community Anticrime Programs’ Category
Oakland’s Batts Urges Clergy To Increase Crime Prevention Work
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Chicago Citizen School Patrols To Focus On High-Risk Kids, Truancy
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Anonymity Of Crime Stoppers Tips Challenged In NC Murder
Thursday, December 31st, 2009IACP President Michael Carroll: Too Many Police Officer Shootings
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
More than 120 U.S. police officers have lost their lives so far this year on the job. Michael J. Carroll, new president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, met recently with The Crime Report’s Ted Gest and Stephen Handelman to discuss his priorities in the year ahead, including concerns about officer protection and better media relations.
Cities Report Crime, Drug Reductions Under “Ceasefire”
Monday, December 7th, 2009Salinas, Ca., has adopted “Project Ceasefire” to attack a crime problem that has involved 26 murders in a year, all gang-related and all involving young Latinos — some as young as 14 years old, says the Monterey Herald. At National Network for Safe Communities conference last week, local officials heard tales of success with the program from from people who refuse to accept that young people must keep dying because of gangs and drugs. (more…)
Cops and Communities
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
A Cincinnati experiment has changed the way police deal with gang violence
Cincinnati is at the leading edge of a nationwide experiment to reduce gang homicides and shootings. Modeled loosely after the Boston Gun Project from the mid-1990s, the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV) was launched in April 2007 as an alternative to traditional policing strategies.
Big Shoes to Fill
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Charlie Beck, the LAPD’s newest boss, is a member of one of the country’s most exclusive police fraternities: the disciples of Bill Bratton
On November 17, following the unanimous approval of Los Angeles City Council, Charlie Beck, a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, was sworn in as chief of the LAPD. “It was a love feast,” City Councilman Richard Alarcon told the Los Angeles Times. “I can’t think of any other situation where a chief has been welcomed so much.”
Newark Volunteers, City Workers Patrol Streets In Wee Hours
Friday, October 30th, 2009Convoys of white vans led by Newark’s mayor and filled with more than 100 city employees and residents are flooding the city’s neighborhoods in the middle of the night as a way to reduce crime, reports the Newark Star-Ledger. As part of Community Caravan Night Patrols, more than 120 volunteers have patrolled city streets with Mayor Cory Booker and off-duty police officers since Sept. 29. (more…)