New York City
New York City has typically been forced to take advantage of any innovative or highly publicized program in order to combat its high rate of both property crime and violent crime. One example of this is NYC 73rd Precinct's Clergy-Police program, which forms central committees of representatives from different denominations that focus on condemning gang violence and recruiting people who may be interested in professional police work. The focus of this program is at-risk juveniles and gangs. Several areas of NYC have taken advantage of citizens who are fed up with crime to form volunteer community citizen patrols such as Ministers of Islam. This initiative works well to address fear of crime, and the increased presence of vigilante groups is efficient at preventing property crime such as burglary and auto theft, and violent crime such as robbery.
COMSTAT - Complaint Statistics: a program where weekly community policing meeting are held throughout the city, precinct commanders and other police executives are rotated on a frequent basis, and immediate accountability is required. This would be helpful in addressing the issues of statistical manipulations and erroneous figures based on fraudulent reporting by police agencies. (pp. 157-158)
2. LOFT - Learning Opportunities for Teens: a program that provides recreational and educational activities designed to take place during after school hours, at night, and on weekends to address the issues of an increase in the number of status offenders and fear of juvenile crime. (p. 160)
3. Safe House Program: The concept of the Safe House Program, in which houses in high crime neighborhoods display signs of helping hands to indicate that children can find safety
