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Initiative: 2.21 Develop a coordinated cycle of joint community safety events
Creating a Safer Community Together
Description
The best way to ensure the safety of the community is to prevent harmful events from occurring. A coordinated cycle of joint community safety events provides an opportunity to amplify event capacity and allows residents to plan for attending the events that are important to them. At these events, residents will gain the knowledge and skills to protect their families and they will also be able to talk directly with city public safety employees about other safety needs. Joint programming ensures all facets of public safety are covered and shows the community that we are all part of the same team.
Key Measures & Data Analysis
October was a high month for collaboration due to FirePrevention week and National Night Out. Twenty-seven events were recorded with multiple departments. No new collaborations or collaboration-fueled expansions of programs were recorded.
Joint Community Safety Events
Why is it important?
Departments have been collaborating for years on public safety events. However, it was usually through word of mouth or direct invitation that one department knew what another department was planning. With a shared calendar, departments will be able to see all the events and actively offer assistance at another department’s event if they know it is happening and have time to attend. That has the potential to amplify the capacity at events. Additionally, community members will have access to a publicly-facing calendar so they can attend the programs they need.
What have we been doing?
The departments are using the joint calendar to announce and collaborate on events. The DFD piloted data collection using existing resources, and the group conceptually agreed upon a way to manage and report combined data for the initiative.
What's next?
The database will be housed within a Teams Group created for the initiative. Departments will update their data monthly in Teams and it will be pulled into ClearPoint to update the initiative measures. Departments will begin using the external city calendar in February to announce certain events.
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