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8.1 Balanced, Robust Strategies for Public Safety, Regional and Homeland Security
8.2 Low Crime Rates in Boston
8.3 Perception of Public Safety
8.4 Strong Civic and Social Networks
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8.6 Partnerships for Violence Reduction
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 G.R.E.A.T. Cooking Class 

Public Safety -- Boston Metro    

G.R.E.A.T. Cooking Class
Gang prevention through cooking!


Boston Police Headquarters
One Schroeder Plaza
Boston, MA 02120-2014
(617) 343-4200
Innovation  
Combining gang resistance education with home cooking to reach youth in new ways. 
Description  

The G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education Training) Cooking Class program is the result of a new partnership between the Boston Police Department and Bread & Circus Markets.  Youth service officers bring students already participating in G.R.E.A.T. programming to a Bread & Circus Market for a weekly cooking session in an on-site, cooking demonstration classroom.  This teaches students valuable skills and allows the service officers to reach them in new and non-threatening ways.

  • Eight-week program at schools and at Bread & Circus Markets
  • Collaboration of Boston Police Department and Bread & Circus Markets
  • Integrated into Gang Resistance Education Training (G.R.E.A.T)

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Boston E-Lert System 

Public Safety -- Boston Metro    

Police E-lert
Columbia-Savin Hill neighborhoods use pilot e-mail crime alert system

Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association
The Little House
275 East Cottage Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
(617) 343-4200
E-Lert@hspnetwork.org
Innovation  
This pilot program lets police use e-mail to communicate with local residents in real time.
Description  

An E-lert system allows police a mechanism to communicate with local residents in real time, which helps to spread awareness and stop preventable crimes.  Residents in Columbia-Savin Hill are the first in Boston to try out out the E-lert system, an e-mailed summary that will go out regularly to keep residents abreast of the latest incidents. The pilot program limits its scope to four "preventable" crimes - auto theft, vandalism, and auto and house break-ins. After a six month trial, the E-lert program will be evaluated for its effectiveness and may be expanded to other Boston neighborhoods.

  • Generated from police reports
  • Goes out 3 to 5 times a week
  • Over 100 citizens on the system