Our partners with the Greenville Police Department shared information about their latest property crime deterrence initiative, the Greenville “Art & Community” Project, which kicked off this past Saturday. The initiative uses lighting, landscaping, and art as deterrence. Officer Sonja Cates with the help of other officers came up with the… Continue reading…
Sites throughout NC are taking a closer look at how to take domestic violence more seriously from a legal standpoint. Lexington is replicating High Point’s Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative and they began C- and D-list offender notifications on July 1, 2014. Thus far, 83 domestic violence offenders have been… Continue reading…
Our partners with Project Safe Rockingham County recently reported a 20% decrease in armed robberies, which were up slightly a year ago. By using data to drive the focused deterrence strategy and direct it toward offenders known to be engaged in armed robbery in Rockingham County, the County has successfully… Continue reading…
The September 2014 edition of the Middle District of NC’s newsletter from the United States Attorney’s Office includes an article which summarizes the latest evidence regarding how deterrence works to prevent crime. The article takes the following points from Daniel Nagin’s work, all of which lend support to the focused… Continue reading…
NC Network for Safe Communities attended the NC Gang Investigators Conference in Pinehurst last week. We were able to catch up with many of our partners across the state and meet new folks doing crime and violence reduction work on the resource and law enforcement fronts. The NC Gang Investigators… Continue reading…
On July 30, the Greenville Police Department and partnering local agencies including the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, Winterville Police Department, Ayden Police Department, Farmville Police Department, Bethel Police Department, Grifton Police Department, and Pitt County District Attorney’s Office combined with federal partners including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol,… Continue reading…
NCNSC was contacted by a group of researchers and practitioners in the United Kingdom who were interested in learning more about High Point Police Department’s application of focused deterrence to combat domestic violence. The group published a report entitled, Domestic Violence: Evidence Review in which they stated: “While domestic violence… Continue reading…
Last week, NC Network for Safe Communities presented along with the High Point Police Department at the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence conference. The latest evaluation results of the effort are very promising. At the two year mark since implementation of the initiative, domestic violence offenders who have been… Continue reading…
A PSRC Article from March 2014 makes the case that the PSN strategy in Rockingham County has saved money by reducing offender recidivism and has changed the lives of offenders who have been notified through the initiative. This article is a great example of how other sites may sell their strategy… Continue reading…
We are pleased to announce that our partners in Iredell County and the Statesville Police Department will be hosting a symposium on domestic violence. The Statesville Police Department will be starting a domestic violence focused deterrence initiative and this symposium will allow the greater Iredell community to get trained in… Continue reading…