Living United
Project Safe Neighborhood
Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice
-we were contacted to be the Community Engagement Partner for the local Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force by the US Attorneys Office
-Implementing a national program across the 93 districts following models in:
Richmond, VA (Project Exile)
Boston, MA (Operation CeaseFire)
Columbia, SC (also called CeaseFire)
Locally we are using the name Alabama ICE: Isolate the Criminal Element
Goal: decrease gun crime incidents in communities and increase the number of gun crime prosecutions
The gist is zero tolerance for gun violators
Three Components:
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Local Law Enforcement
- educate officers on the new laws and how to best gather evidence
- bring together local, state, and federal officers to increase collaborations
- spread the message that the local officers are enforcing gun laws
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Research Partner/Crime Analyst
- Evaluate the impact of the programs locally
- Media Outreach and Community Engagement
- promote message that firearm-related crime will meet swift and certain punishment
- encourage citizens to work with law enforcement to address firearm-related crime
- promote gun safety
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Five Ways to Live United
| 1. | Purchase school supplies for a local school to distribute to children who need them |
| 2. | Allow a high school student to shadow you at work and show them how apply things you learned in school |
| 3. | Tutor at an adult literacy or technology program |
| 4. | Purchase personal care items such as deodorant, toothbrushes and soap and drop them off at the local homeless shelter |
| 5. | Help senior citizens learn how to detect and prevent fraud |
