The focus of this project will be to utilize community organizations and partners to work with the community to alleviate poverty, reduce crime and make the neighborhood a better place to live,…

The City and County of Denver Police Department was awarded a $420,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to alleviate poverty, reduce crime, and improve police-community relations in a Southwest Denver neighborhood from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023.

Through this funding, the Police Department will work with community organizations to develop and implement a community-oriented, place-based, partnership-focused strategy utilizing existing collaborations in a neighboring area. The grant will support improving resident safety, involvement, and police-community relations through tactical community engagement and neighborhood organization partnerships.

The focus of this project will be to utilize community organizations and partners to work with the community to alleviate poverty, reduce crime and make the neighborhood a better place to live, work, and visit. The project will also increase resident safety and involvement while improving police-community relations. DPD will work with community organizations to develop and implement a community oriented, place based, partnership focused strategy. The selected southwest denver neighborhood would include an adjacent neighborhood to the current cbcr site in westwood so that similar tactics, community and neighborhood organizations, and command structure could be employed.