Project Safe Neighborhoods grant gun crime reduction program
A summary of the federal program is the following
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide network designed to create safer neighborhoods by reducing gun violence and gun crime, and sustaining that reduction.
The program is led by the U.S. Attorney in each of the 94 federal judicial districts. United States Attorney Joseph S. Van Bokkelen Northern District of Indiana located in Hammond, Indiana is our attorney. Locally, PSN will be coordinated by the Sheriff of Allen County Ken Fries.
The area targeted for gun crime surveillance and investigations is determined by gun crime statistics from 2004-2006, per grant guidelines. The statistics include all homicides, homicides by gun, robberies by gun, and aggravated assaults by gun.
We will measure our performance by percentage of targeted sites reporting a reduction over the previous year in the number of homicides with a gun.
We will also count the number of aggravated assaults and robberies committed with a gun with the targeted Project Safe Neighborhoods site.
The PSN Gun Crime Reduction Program will be a joint effort of the Allen County Police Department and the Fort Wayne Police Department. There will be 3 officers from each agency working a predetermined shift at a targeted site.
The city and county already partner on tow other federal grant projects, Justice
assistance Grants (equipment grant), and Fatal Alcohol Crash Team (overtime to respond to and investigate crashes involving OWI).
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