Taking Action to Make Neighborhoods Safe

• Study Neighborhood Crime Patterns
• Get to Know Your Police District
• Participate in your Police District Advisory Council (PDAC)
• Start a Town Watch and a Junior Town Watch for Young People
• Create Safe Schools and  Safe Corridors around Schools
• Volunteer to Help Victims of Crime
• Establish Youth Aid Panel to Sentence 1st Time Juvenile Offenders
• Examine the 2002 Prison Census by Zip Code
• Determine How Many Neighborhood Residents are on Probation
• Fight for Programs to Reduce Recidivism (pdf)

Local and State Government

• City of Philadelphia: Police
• City of Philadelphia: Police Districts
• City of Philadelphia: Town Watch
• City of Philadelphia: Police Community Relations
• City of Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission
• Philadelphia Courts
• City of Philadelphia: District Attorney
• City of Philadelphia: Public Defender
• City of Philadelphia: Prisons
• City of Philadelphia: Fire Dept.
• Pennsylvania State Police
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections

Crime and Safety: Information and Organizations

• Police Department Crime Statistics
• Philadelphia Prisoners' Profile
• Fraternal Order of Police: District 5
• Philadelphia Anti-Drug, Anti-Violence Network
• Bustleton/Bowler/Somerton Town Watch

or National Resources on Crime, go to:
Neighborhoods Online: National-Crime

For more information contact the Institute for the Study of Civic Values
 1218 Chestnut St., Rm. 702, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107, 215-238-1434
Online: https://www.iscv.org