Feedback Sought on Crime and Safety in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز

Monday, October 21, 2024

The 10th annual 2024 ¾أ¾أث®أغجز Public Safety Survey, administered by SU’s Crime and Justice Research Center, is open for comments through November.

Those who live or work in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز have until November 30 to complete ¾أ¾أث®أغجز’s annual public safety survey. The , administered by SU’s Crime and Justice Research Center (CJRC) in conjunction with the ¾أ¾أث®أغجز Police Department (SPD), plays a pivotal role in helping determine what the most common perceptions of crime and safety in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز are among residents and workers.

“The public safety survey is our longest running source of information on trust, safety, legitimacy and community priority and is the cornerstone of the Micro-Community Policing Plans,” says SPD Interim Chief Sue Rahr. “It serves a critical community engagement function, as well as establishing policing priorities for each neighborhood and essential baseline data for evidence-based policing. We are so grateful for this valuable partnership with ¾أ¾أث®أغجز.”

The annual survey is a central component of SPD’s Micro-Community Policing Plans. It is independently conducted by a research team from SU’s Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics.

Led by Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott, director of the CJRC, a team of ¾أ¾أث®أغجز undergraduate and graduate students analyze the survey results to identify top crime concerns at the citywide, precinct and micro-community (neighborhood) level. Professor Helfgott encourages the public to complete the survey during this public phase of the data collection process.

“The voices of all who live and/or work in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز are needed to understand how crime and public safety impact quality of life in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز neighborhoods,” says Dr. Helfgott. “No neighborhood in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز is alike when it comes to crime and public safety. Data from the annual ¾أ¾أث®أغجز Public Safety Survey provides important information for the city to help the ¾أ¾أث®أغجز Police Department and the community work together to identify priorities and strategies to improve quality of life in ¾أ¾أث®أغجز neighborhoods.”

In the , the top-five concerns citywide were traffic safety, police capacity, property crime, homelessness and community capacity.

Don’t hesitate to have your voice heard. by November 30.