NCJ Number
153752
Date Published
1994
Length
24 pages
Annotation
These guidelines are intended to provide information and guidance on ways to create public safety action plans in distressed inner-city neighborhoods using Community Development Block Grant and HOME funds.
Abstract
Possible programs include police officer homeownership, drug and crime prevention activities by nonprofit organizations, community policing, antigang programs, youth programs, and other initiatives. Possible drug and crime prevention activities include public facilities and improvements for the addition of strategically placed street lighting; the alteration of traffic flow and street restrictions; and the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of a police substation; the demolition and removal of abandoned buildings used as crack houses; and the establishment of neighborhood watch programs. Other possibilities include extra police patrols and gang control. Further guidelines, attached case studies, list of potential funding sources, and results of a survey on police homeowner loan programs