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Discover funding opportunities and awards, program details, recent news and resource releases, trainings and toolkits, and videos related to the prevention of and responses to violent crime.

PSP Case Studies - Nashville, Tennessee

NCJ Number
255469
Date Published
2020
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material), Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN): Research Foundation

NCJ Number
252373
Date Published
November 2021
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Public Safety Partnership Supports Memphis' Fight Against Violent Crime

After reports of violent crime hit an 11-year high in 2017, Memphis has seen an 8.1% decrease in violent crime through the first six months of 2018.

Memphis PD

The Raines Station precinct in Memphis, Tennessee, is home to the city's biggest tourist attraction – Graceland, famed residence of Elvis Presley. In the center of Raines Station, Graceland attracts tourists from around the world who want to...

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)

Designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, this program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve and engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney in all 94 districts.