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Standing Together Against Neighborhood Crime Everyday. Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Strategy is a three-legged stool. Comprehensive and Complementary Elements. Inter-agency connectivity Law Enforcement Child, youth and family services connectivity
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Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Strategy is a three-legged stool
Comprehensive and Complementary Elements • Inter-agency connectivity Law Enforcement • Child, youth and family services connectivity • Inter-community prevention partnerships • Breaking the cycle – successful re-entry • School attachment, academic performance • Continuous monitoring of performance measures
Operational Structure STANCE Executive Committee Project Director Prevention Committee Enforcement Committee Re-entry Committee Implementation Teams Research and Evaluation Team Ad Hoc Teams Media Team
Keys to Success • Capitalize on influential leadership • Mobilize key stakeholders and build partnerships • Collaborate and advocate for systems change • Coordinate and leverage existing resources ClevelandStance.com Facebook.com/cleveland.stance
Troy Smith Quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner, and founder of Troy Smith Foundation
Addressing Challenges Sustainable and respectful relationships among diverse groups Linking effective prevention strategies
Focusing Anti-Gang Strategies Serious & Chronic Offenders Targeted Suppression Gang Involved Youth Gang Intervention High Risk Youth Secondary Prevention Other Community Members Primary Prevention
Call-in Flow Chart Convene Officers Analyze Data Identify Geographical Areas/Groups Identify Call-In Participants Identification Review Homicides Review Group Feuds University of Cincinnati/CDP & CMSD Crime Analysis Identify groups in all 5 Police Districts CMSD, CMHA, CDP, ODYS, Juvenile Court, Community Leaders Letter from Chief of CDP to CRB Director Peacemakers Alliance Visits/Invites Call In Assign Outreach Worker Assessment Notification PA Outreach Workers OSU (Grad) Message Given Follow-Up (Option 1) Help Visits to Participants Linkage to Service Providers Family Referrals Tracking Evaluation Follow-up CMSD (Family Academy) CEOGC, Safe/Drug Free Schools, Youth Diversion Initiative Workforce (Youth/Adults) Outreach Workers Case Western Reserve University or Follow-Up (Option 2) Suppression Police Suppression Sweep Groups Incarceration/ Mandatory Sentencing
Call-In Identification Process • Law Enforcement officials • Juveniles (police, schools, court, community leaders, members) • Compile local lists • City-wide • Neighborhood based • Adults (frontline officers, Univ. of Cincinnati, community leaders and members) • Group/network analysis
Peacemaker’s Alliance • Critical Goals/Objectives • Mentoring the high risk (“Shot Caller”) leaders of Group Member Involved (GMI) activities. • Daily Hot Spot Monitoring/High Visibility Monitor • Provide Crisis Response and Violence Interruption to avoid retaliatory acts after shootings.
Grady Stevenson Field Deployment Blaine A. Griffin Executive Director of CRB Political & Law Enforcement Liaison Sharyna Cloud Strategy Development & Call-In Implementation James Box Crisis Intervention & Violence Interruption Peacemaker’s Alliance Structure and Deployment Strategy City of Cleveland Community Relations Board
Peacemaker’s Alliance • 62 workers have been trained/12 Weeks • Conflict Resolution/Mediation/Active Listening • Police/Community Relations • Partnering with Juvenile/Family Court • Partnering with CMSD & Schools • Referrals to service providers • Mental/Substance Abuse • Cultural Competency • CPR/Emergency
Peacemaker’s Alliance Field Assignments Community Relations Board 3rd District PA Member Boy’s and Girl’s Club & Community Reentry, Inc. 4th District PA Member Amer-I-Can 1st District PA Member Guardian Angels 5th District PA Member MVP/No Return 2nd District PA Member Guardian Angels
Law Enforcement Overview Goal: reduce gun/gang violence and address overall Part 1 crime Premise:a minimum of 75% of gun violence and Part 1 crime is associated with or a direct result of drug sales, activity or use Correlation: gangs = guns = drugs = Part 1 crime
Intelligence • Cleveland Police Crime Analysis unit • Part 1 crimes associated with weapon violations (homicide, felonious assault, robbery, discharging) • Narcotics violations • Ohio Community Initiative to Reduce Violence • University of Cincinnati Policing Institute • Ohio Office of Criminal Justices Services • 62 gangs identified
Deployment Strategies Neighborhood Safety Initiatives • All district resources deployed simultaneously for several days in succession for 12 hours each day • Every possible enforcement strategy • Areas reflecting greatest volume of violent crime in previous 60 days • Other City departments assist with non-criminal ancillary issues identified by officers
Neighborhood Safety Initiatives 2008 through February 2011
Deployment Strategies • Gun Suppression Initiatives • Conducted weekly in each district • Observation and detection strategies and techniques learned from “Safe Neighborhood Training” sessions, “Characteristics of Armed Gunmen,” other training, and collective experience • Areas reflecting greatest volume of violent crime in previous 60 days • Other City departments assist with non-criminal ancillary issues identified by officers
Multi-Jurisdictional Investigative Teams Law Enforcement Partnerships • U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Ohio • FBI • Cleveland Division of Police • ATF • DEA • BCI • Ault Parole Authority • CMSD • CMHA • RTA • Cuyahoga Sheriff’s Office • County Prosecutors Office • Juvenile Justice Center
Re-Entry Goals • Reduce recidivism rates to help alleviate the strain on state and local budgets • Create and maintain safe communities • Establish skills for formerly incarcerated individuals to help them become productive, tax-paying citizens.
Eight Domains of Re-entry • Associates/Social Interaction • Attitude • Community Functioning • Citizen Circles • Going Home to Stay Resource Guide • Employment / Entrepreneurship • Towards Employment • Social Enterprise • (Triple Bottom Line) • Education/Training • Cuyahoga Community College • Marital/Family Relations • Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative • Mental Health/ Personal/Emotional Orientation • Substance Abuse
Outreach Visits to correctional institutions with Command level Cleveland Division of Police and community members to discuss the transition of incarcerated persons into the community. Re-Entry Resource Fairs that include information on job training and education, healthcare, parental rights, and social services.
Legislation and Advocacy • Treatment in lieu of incarceration for non-violent offenders • Transitional Control • Pre-release services • Post-release services • Accountability Mechanisms • Training Regiment
It is not the government and law enforcement that keeps the community in check. It is the culture and moral voice of the community. -Mayor Frank G. Jackson City of Cleveland
Michael L. Walker, Executive Director Partnership For A Safer Cleveland 2239 East 14th Street Cleveland, OH 44115216.523.1128 mwalker@safercleveland.org Michael McGrath, ChiefCleveland Division of Police1300 Ontario Street Cleveland, OH 44113216.623.5000 mmcgrath@city.cleveland.oh.usBlaine Griffin, DirectorCity of Cleveland Community Relations Board601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 11 Cleveland, OH 44114216.664.3290 bgriffin@city.cleveland.oh.us