PSN Program

As part of BJA’s Smart Suite, the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), represents a strategic approach that brings more “science” into criminal justice operations by leveraging innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices with the goal of improving performance and effectiveness while containing costs. The program's effectiveness is based on the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang violence and gun crime enforcement, intervention and prevention initiatives within the district. Through the PSN task force, the USA will implement the five design features of PSN—partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability—to address specific gun crime and gang violence problems in that district.

The Safe City Commission, acting as the fiscal agent for the Northern District of Texas, will use grant funds to initiate a multidisciplinary intervention in two of the most persistent hotspots in the city of Fort Worth. The grantee will target gang and gun violence through increased collaboration with partner agencies, analysis of related violent crimes, and the implementation of a flexible intelligence-led, problem solving approach. In addition, grant funds will be utilized to develop a media campaign devoted to the prevention of gang and gun violence.

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