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Chicago's Safer Neighborhoods
In a city of almost 3 million citizens, the presence of a few hundred extra young people doesn't change everyday life for most of us. But if the downward trend of homicides in Chicago continues, the hundreds of would-be murder victims who have been spared an early death eventually will become thousands.
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2004 Teen Gun Survey
Our juvenile partner, Uhlich Children's Advantage Network, conducted their annual teen gun survey that you can access through the links in this press release.
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National Project Safe Neighborhoods Conference
The national PSN conference met from June 15 - June 17, 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Project Safe Neighborhoods Proven Successful
Sixteen defendants were arrested February 2, 2004 in Chicago, Milwaukee, Memphis (TN), and Indiana on charges relating to the illegal sale and purchase of guns.
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Partners in Crime Prevention
The Safer Foundation and Loretto Hospital take part in PSN Parolee Forums and provide services to ex-offenders to make their transition from prison to law-abiding community life more successful.
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Gun Teams Out in Force
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have jointly created a Gun Team to work as a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods in an effort to decrease the number of violent crimes involving firearms.
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Gun Traffickers Beware
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Chicago has extended its reach beyond the felons with guns program. The new initiative enforced by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has begun to dismantle the problem of gun trafficking in response to the city's title of homicide capital of America.
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