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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 14, 2001
Project Safe Neighborhoods Fact Sheet
The President's Plan to Promote Safe Neighborhoods
1) Partnership: U.S. Attorneys will partner with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies within their district to coordinate community programs that are already underway and review and prepare gun cases for prosecution in the most appropriate forum.
2) Strategic Planning: U.S. Attorneys will develop a plan to prosecute violent gun offenders and intensify federal gun law enforcement using state-of-the-art technology and intelligence gathering techniques such as crime mapping, tracing of seized guns and ballistic technology to help connect bullets and casings to the guns that fired them.
3) Training: U.S. Attorneys will emphasize training on current trends, effective gun violence reduction efforts and firearms laws. Federal prosecutors and agents will be trained with local prosecutors and law enforcement in order to promote better collaboration.
4) Effective Outreach: U.S. Attorneys will work with local communities to increase awareness of Project Safe Neighborhoods, promote community involvement and send a deterrent message.
5) Accountability: Project Safe Neighborhoods will measure the impact that this renewed effort is having on reducing crime and the long-term effect that this program is having rather than arrests, prosecutions and convictions.
Backing Up Project Safe Neighborhoods With Resources in FY01
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The Administration's Commitment to Reducing Violent Crime