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The project's aim is to improve neighborhood safety and decrease gun violence in American communities. Project Safe Neighborhoods was established in 2001 through support from President George W. Bush. [1] The program expands upon strategies used in Boston's Operation Ceasefire, and in Richmond, Virginia's Project Exile.
Arizonans for Gun Safety (AzGS) is a non-profit organization that aims to reduce gun-related deaths and promote gun safety. The organization also has education programs to teach about safe storage practices, non-violent conflict resolution, and ways to address youth violence. [5]
Operation Ceasefire (also known as the Boston Gun Project and the Boston Miracle [1]) is a problem-oriented policing initiative implemented in 1996 in Boston, Massachusetts. The program was specifically aimed at youth gun violence as a large-scale problem. The plan is based on the work of criminologist David M. Kennedy.
Police have consistently said the goal of the program is not necessarily to increase arrests or stops but to reduce gun violence by improving police visibility and response times — and build up ...
Gun violence isn’t a one-off tragedy — it’s an epidemic. While that may seem too big to handle, there are things you can do as an individual to help, experts say. Gun violence is an epidemic ...
Abt is "very respected” and focuses on immediate steps to reduce gun violence, but he doesn't emphasize longer-term programs to alleviate poverty and racial disparities, said Jim Mercy of the U ...
No More Names is a program launched on June 14, 2013 (the six month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting) with the stated purpose to "pass common-sense laws, including comprehensive background checks, that will reduce gun violence and save lives." The program revolves around a bus tour of twenty-five states in one hundred ...
Fayetteville police and faith team hope to reduce gun violence. I salute all organizations striving to make a change. There are many organizations dedicated to gun violence awareness, each with ...