Project Safe Neighborhoods
- Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a national initiative in the United States aimed at reducing gun violence in the United States. Project Safe Neighborhoods was established in 2001 through support from President George W. Bush. [cite web |url=http://www.psn.gov/about/..%5CPresidentsletter.html |title=Letter from the President |author=Bush, George W.] The program expands upon strategies used in Boston, with Operation Ceasefire, and in Richmond, Virginia with Project Exile.
Since 2001, over $1.5 billion of federal dollars have been allocated to support Project Safe Neighborhoods. [cite web |url=http://www.psn.gov/about/faqs.html |title=Project Safe Neighborhoods: FAQs |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice] Funds have been used to hire additional prosecutors, and provide assistance to state and local jurisdictions in support of training and community outreach efforts.[cite book |title=Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review |year=2004 |publisher=National Academy of Science |author=Committee on Law and Justice |chapter=Chapter 9] ]References
External links
* [http://www.psn.gov/ Project Safe Neighborhoods]
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