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Making Critical Investments to Create Safer Neighborhoods

Mayor Reed has made public safety a top priority and worked to maintain San José’s status as one of America’s safest big cities. Under his leadership, the city has made a number of strategic investments in public safety, such as:

• The successful Safe Summer Initiative, which was started in 2008 to keep kids off the streets and engaged in positive activities during the summer.
• $2 million in additional funding for gang prevention and intervention programs during Mayor Reed's first term. Learn about the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force
• Expansion of three existing fire stations and construction of three new stations to help improve fire department coverage throughout the city.
• Construction of the city's first police substation in South San José.

These types of investments have helped significantly reduce gang violence in San José during Mayor Reed's tenure in office. View a graph of gang violence stats in San José

22 San José Firefighters Return to the Line Thanks to Federal Grant

UPDATED: 8/26/2011
Mayor Reed was joined by numerous federal, state, and local leaders came together on August 25 to celebrate the return of 22 firefighters to the line. The re-hiring of these laid-off San José firefighters was made possible by a $15 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. This first batch of firefighters completed a six-week refresher training over the summer and are now back on active duty.

“In these trying budget times, I am extremely pleased to welcome these 22 firefighters back to our department and our community,” Mayor Reed said. “I’d like to thank the many different people who joined together to help us receive and accept this grant award.

The SAFER grant will allow the Fire Department to fill an additional 27 firefighter positions in the coming months.

- Read the press release
- View photos from the SAFER grant "graduation" ceremony

Other Recent Public Safety News

Letter from Big-City Mayors to CA State Association of Counties on Realignment - POSTED: 10/13/2011
Mayor Reed and eight other big-city mayors wrote the following letter regarding the need for funding to address realignment impacts on California cities. Read the letter

Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force & San José BEST Update - POSTED: 6/20/2011
Mayor Reed has released the following memo regarding the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force and San José Best update. Read the memo

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