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Training Look here for all your training needs     Tell Your Friends Spread the word about Project Safe Neighborhoods     Outreach & Your Community Find ways to reduce gun violence in your community       Spread the Word How PSN and you can inform people about gun violence             Site Index     Success Stories Mentors Help Reduce Recidivism The Boston Reentry Initiative reduces recidivism by providing the highest-risk offenders with mentors who can help the offenders establish plans for their lives after their release. The program also offers access a range of community resources, including employment assistance. Read Full Story ShotSpotter System Adds High-Tech Eyes and Ears to Street New technology that automatically detects, locates, and reports gunfire is helping law enforcement officers in South Carolina respond more quickly to gun crime. The remote system had an 80 percent success rate in locating test shots within 40 feet. Read Full Story Pledge Helps Students Fight Gun Violence More than 170,000 students from more than 70 Kentucky school districts have signed pledges against school violence in an effort to involve young people in the effort to curb gun crime while they are still receptive to messages about school safety. The pledge, which was developed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Kentucky, was signed simultaneously by all students during a statewide ceremony. Read Full Story Nevada District Doubles Resources Through Partnership Weekly meetings by a PSN screening committee have improved the investigation and prosecution of gun crime in the Las Vegas area. The meetings, which are part of wider collaboration with local agencies, allow U.S. attorneys to educate local law enforcement about federal prosecution requirements. Read Full Story Eastern Wisconsin Youth who have personal experience with gun violence created and performed skits, poetry, and dances about the topic during a 6-week tour of Milwaukee's highest-crime neighborhoods. Read Full Story Previous Stories ConnecticutCentral CaliforniaNew MexicoPSN Partnerships with Faith-Based O...A County-Wide Approach to Firearm-R...Success StoriesThree Texas Men Pled To Manufacturi...Execution Of Federal Search Warrant...Project Safe Neighborhood Initiativ...Carrot-stick talks warn felons of h...Project Safe [Neighborhoods] target...Colorado Project Exile Kicks Off Ne...Colorado Project ExileRichmond, Virginia: Exiling Violen...Boston, Massachusetts: Analysis to...Buffalo Herds Gun Violence Out of D...HEALing Violence in MinnesotaBurning Straw PurchasersBallistics Nails FelonsGetting the Job Done        News Rooms  - Press Releases  - News Articles  - Success Stories  - Speeches  - ChildSafe Forward to a Friend Print Friendly Version

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