The northern district of texas project safe neighborhoods (PSN) focuses on gun, gangs, and violent crime as they relate to the safety and welfare of the community

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $369,364 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) Formula Grant to the Safe City Commission, a non-profit organization based in Fort Worth, Texas. This 3-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports the Northern District of Texas' comprehensive strategy to combat gun, gang, and violent crime. The funding enables Safe City Commission to implement a multi-pronged approach involving law enforcement, schools, and community organizations. Key initiatives include the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Gang Enforcement Model, saturation patrols, directed patrols in high-crime areas, gang intelligence gathering, participation in multi-agency task forces, and aggressive prosecution tactics. Additionally, the organization provides direct advocacy services, crisis support, safety planning, and referrals for domestic violence victims in the Tarrant County region through sub-grant partnerships.

The overall PSN strategy is to implement a four-prong approach to combat gun, gang, and violent crimes, which includes law enforcement, schools, and community organizations. The northern district of texas takes a comprehensive approach by coordinating partnerships with various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors along with various crime prevention groups, faith-based organizations, and school districts in an effort to target gang and violent crimes in high-crime target areas successfully. The proposed interventions include the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention gang enforcement model, and a successful history of implementing saturation patrols; directed patrols in hot spots, gathering of gang intelligence, participation in local multi-agency task forces and aggressive smart prosecution tactics which includes vertical prosecution, strong sentencing, and enhancements.