Preventing Crime in Public Housing

Charles Soares, New Bedford Housing Authority

ABSTRACT
The purpos of this presentation will be to describe security initiatives that work, how the PRIDE Patrols of the New Bedford Housing Authority function and, the communication between the partnerships which include the police and housing authority. Discussio will lead to the Police Residence Program of the New Bedford Housing Authority after a review of an extremely effective Trespass Policy. There will be information concerning conditions in the New Bedford Housing Developments before and since 1993 as well as a review of drug/crime elimination programs. The presentation will end with discussion about the latest security initiative of the New Bedford Housing Authority, working with GIS/GPS systems.

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Updated 05/20/2006