Project Safe Neighborhoods was established in 2001 through support from President George W. Bush. The program expands upon strategies used in Boston's Operation Ceasefire, and in Richmond, Virginia's Project Exile.
Project Safe Neighborhood (click here)
It is a fascinating program to witness that brings in all levels of law enforcement to rehearse and enforce safe neighborhood presence of police authority. In coastal communities of ocean and the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard is even involved.