SAFETY ACTION ITEMS
Below are the action items identified for each priority outlined in the Safety section of the Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan.
| 1.1: Encourage neighborhoods to form a CrimeWatch block club.
Implementation Partner: James E. Waters, Jr. Community Mediation Center |
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| 1.2: Encourage neighbors to utilize the James E Waters Jr. Mediation Center through social media and promotion at local events and neighborhood meetings.
Implementation Partner: James E. Waters, Jr. Community Mediation Center |
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| 1.3: Encourage participation in Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) Adopt-A-Block as a form of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).
Implementation Partner: NEAR |
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| 1.4: Encourage and promote opportunities for officers to engage directly with the community (ex. coffee with a cop, roll calls, walks, youth activities, afterschool program engagement) to improve neighborhood relations.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.5: Promote cross-attendance at meetings so that an increased number of neighbors attend IMPD meetings and an increased number of officers attend neighborhood meetings in order to increase the understanding of IMPD and neighborhood role in the community.
Implementation Partner: NESCO |
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| 1.6: Create a joint training for community members and IMPD to engage in cultural difference training that is grounded in the history of the near Eastside.( Similar to Implicit Bias Training, Undoing Racism, etc…) & determine accountability measures for equitable law enforcement particularly around race & adolescents/juvenile youth.
Implementation Partner: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| 1.7: Encourage IMPD to proactively engage with the youth community by coordinating opportunities for engagement.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
| 2.1: Coordinate events with the Neighborhood Enhancement Team Outreach (NETO) through the City of Indianapolis Office of Public Health and Safety
Implementation Partner: Shepherd Community Center |
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| 2.2: Train IMPD officers to do referrals to community services/supports when responding to a quality-of-life call.
Implementation Partner: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| 2.3: Partner IMPD with social workers who can join/participate in calls to assist with hand-offs/support services.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 2.4: Explore strategies to equip IMPD officers to respond to calls in a trauma-informed manner.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 2.5: Explore strategies to increase Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department awareness of substance abuse use disorder responses.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 2.6: Work with existing service providers to advocate for and increase availability of job opportunities for neighbors who were formerly incarcerated.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
| 3.1: Provide safety preparedness trainings (Community Emergency Response, Narcan, environmental testing, and trainings, etc.).
Implementation Partner: NESCO |
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| 3.2: Provide Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) trainings.
Implementation Partner: NESCO |
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| 3.3: Encourage neighbors to become Community Mediators at the James E Waters Jr. Mediation Center.
Implementation Partner: James E. Waters, Jr. Community Mediation Center |
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| 3.4: Expand Shalom Project at Shepherd Community Center.
Implementation Partner: Shepherd Community Center |
Interested in getting involved in the Safety implementation?
There are many ways to get involved with the Quality of Life Plan for the Near Eastside. You can attend a monthly Community Action Team meeting or the quarterly Plan Summit.
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