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Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results

 

Bowser Administration Progress on NEAR ACT Implementation

Title Name Description Status Progress
Title 1A Establishment of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Create an office to identify and engage at least 50 violent individuals by providing them with services to help them make different choices and provide them with a financial incentive.
  • Funded in FY18 Budget
  • Office opened October 2017
  • Del McFadden Executive Director
  • $1.5M budget
  • 16 employees
 In Progress
In Progress
Title 1B Establishment the Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity 1) Fund social workers at emergency rooms to connect trauma victims to services &
2) Create a DOH office to focus on health equity
  • Funded in FY18 Budget
  • Crisis Continuum program at Howard, MedStar WHC & PG County Hospital
  • Expanding to UMC in 2018
  • DOH Office is called Office of Health Equity
 In Progress
In Progress
Title 1C Community Crime Prevention Team MPD-DBH pilot program on arrest diversion for repeat mental health consumers better served by treatment than incarceration
  • Funded in FY18 Budget
  • Pilot program launching March 2018
  • Hired Executive Director to oversee program
  • Intent is to scale up to post-arrest diversion program with Court & prosecutors
 In Progress
In Progress
Title 2A Community Policing Working Group Working group to make recommendations around improving police-community relations Implemented in 2017 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2B Establishment of the Homicide Elimination Strategy Task Force Task force of community members to advise the government on public health approach to violence
  • Mayor appointed members in 2016-17
  • Council appointed members in late 2017
 In Progress
In Progress
Title 2C Police-Community Relations Survey Survey of police community relations
  • Center for Court Excellence Survey 2016
  • DMPSJ Survey 2017
  • Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Survey 2018/19
 In Progress
In Progress
Title 2D Assault on a Police
Officer		 Narrows the definition of assault on a police officer Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2E Officer Training Codified existing MPD training in: (1) community policing; (2) recognizing bias; (3) use of force; (4) Limitations on the use of chokeholds and neck restraints; (5) Mental and behavioral health awareness; and (6) Linguistic and cultural competency. Implemented in 2016-17 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2F Office of Police Complaints Independent Review Authority Expands the authority of the Office of Police Complaints Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2G Stop & Frisk and Use of
Force Data Collection		 Requires collection of demographic data for
all uses of force & police stops		 Implementation has begun, but will require alternative ways to analyze data In Progress
In Progress
Title 2H Crime Data Collection Requires collection and reporting of data about crime victims, suspects, and court outcomes Implemented in 2017 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2I Officer Retention & Recruitment Streamlines experience requirements for
new recruits from military and other law enforcement		 Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2J Rehiring of Retired MPD Officers by DFS Allows DFS to hire retired MPD officers Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 2K Private Security Camera System Incentive Program Creates rebate program for security cameras installed at homes and businesses Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 3 Traffic Citation Modernization Program Eliminates "fuzzy dice" on rear view mirror from being a moving violation Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 4 DC Jail Work Release Program Allows pre-trial detainees held on misdemeanors to be released from the DC Jail for work while awaiting trial Implemented in 2017 Implemented
Implemented
Title 5 DC Jail Good Time
Credits		 Increased the credits for early release from the DC Jail for inmates participating in reentry programming Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 6 Firearms Control Boundaries Clarification Expands boundaries of where a person licensed to conceal carry a firearm cannot be located while armed Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 7 Firearms Ammunition Microstamping Implementation Requires all registered firearms to include microstamping when the technology is available Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented
Title 8 Swift and Certain Sanctions Allows person under supervised release to be held for up to 72 hours for a dangerous violation of the terms of their release Implemented in 2016 Implemented
Implemented

 

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