Strengthening the Bond Community
Neighborhood Public Safety Initiative Expands on February 6
February 01, 2018
As part of ongoing efforts to enhance public safety and strengthen Tallahassee neighborhoods, the Public Safety Collective is expanding the Neighborhood Public Safety Initiative (NPSI). The kickoff event in the Greater Bond Community will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Smith Williams Service Center Annex, 2295 Pasco Street.
At the Bond kickoff event, representatives from the Public Safety Collective will provide brief remarks to explain the initiative, and neighborhood champions will discuss community goals. Attendees will also be asked how they would like to participate in the effort moving forward.
In the coming months, a variety of events and efforts will be organized, including community assessments, neighborhood walks, community service days, a job fair and more.
NPSI began in 2017 with pilot programs in the Griffin Heights and Greater Frenchtown neighborhoods. It is a citizen-based initiative designed to help address public safety by focusing on crime prevention and education, community beautification, and community empowerment and volunteerism.
“By working collaboratively with residents through education and empowerment programs like NPSI, Operation Safe Neighborhoods and more, local law enforcement agencies are seeing progress in the fight against crime,” said Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo, who serves as Chair of the Public Safety Collective. “The latest data in 2017 showed a 13.77 percent reduction in overall crime in our community when compared to the same timeframe in 2016.”
The Public Safety Collective is made up of the Tallahassee Police Department, Leon County Sherriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office, Big Bend Crime Stoppers, Tallahassee Fire Department, Capitol Police, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the City’s TEMPO program and the police departments from FSU, FAMU and TCC.
By building bridges, sharing information and finding collaborative solutions to neighborhood concerns, this community can become safer and stronger. Learn more by calling 891-8363 or visiting Talgov.com.
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