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Public Safety
GBA leads a place-based approach by targeting Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) investments and activating the community spaces most impacted by crime and serious violence.
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Please contact daisy@greaterbaybrookalliance.org for any questions or interest in these programs.
Ex: Before and After at 1523 Hazel St.
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
GBA’s CPTED program implements high-impact improvements that decrease opportunities for crime/violence (e.g. drug use, storage of illicit items). These interventions secure properties, improve sightlines, and signal control of space.
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These improvements reduce opportunities for crime while increasing opportunities for positive activity in these areas.
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Baybrook Violence Reduction Plan
The Baybrook Violence Reduction Plan (BVRP) is a community-led public safety strategy to reduce violence and increase the quality of life in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, & Curtis Bay neighborhoods. The BVRP Leadership Team is composed of resident leaders and neighborhood non-profit providers who have lived experience with violence.
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The BVRP consists of three primary components: (1) Youth Violence Prevention; (2) Youth Engagement; and (3) Community Projects/Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).
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Read their latest implementation report here.
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311 Ambassadors
GBA piloted an innovative 311 Ambassadors program that recruited and trained residents in Baltimore City’s Brooklyn neighborhood to identify, report, and follow-up on safety and quality-of-life issues using the 311 system.
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GBA’s 311 Academy has grown to more than 15 stipended resident leaders.
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SafeGrowth
GBA supported 31 residents and representatives from local partner organizations, government agencies, and area service providers in SafeGrowth, a training where residents learn crime reduction strategies and participate in collaborative problem solving to create an intervention at a chosen site.
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Teams of 5-6 people work together in the community, focusing on a specific location and safety concern drawn from their direct experience and knowledge of the location. These community members work together in project teams to implement CPTED interventions.
These projects focus on addressing community concerns, such as vacant properties, drug markets on commercial corridors, youth violence, and crime in our parks.
