New Mexico 2024 PSN Project

The New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS) will seek to reduce violent crime, with a focus on gun crimes, in the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area, which is New Mexico's largest population center. The Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) team has expanded the PSN Targeted Enforcement Area (TEA) from one quadrant of the City of Albuquerque to encompass the greater metropolitan area, as violent crime is ubiquitous throughout the metropolitan area, even though some parts of Albuquerque do experience consistently higher incidences of violence than other areas. Success will be measured by creating and maintaining strong and stable working partnerships with federal, state and local stakeholders in an all-tools approach to reducing violence, with the ultimate goal of establishing lasting and statistically significant reductions in gun homicides and non-fatal shootings.

The PSN program has three main components: (1) data-informed decision-making, (2) targeted enforcement efforts, and (3) targeted deterrence and intervention. PSN FY2024 funds will support the first and third components. The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) will use Fiscal Year 2024 grant funds to engage the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC), as the USAO PSN team's research partner. NMSC will engage with resources, both internal and external, to develop reliable information that will allow the PSN team to better target deterrence, services, and enforcement. NMSC will also be responsible for tracking and drafting reports for compliance with all Bureau of Justice Assistance performance and reporting metrics.

Targeted deterrence and intervention is the third component of the USAO's PSN strategy. Once the PSN team has identified those who are at the highest risk of being either a perpetrator or a victim of violent crime, Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS) Violence Intervention Program (VIP) will continue to be provide custom notifications to those who have scored highest on the Violent Impact Player list.