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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

Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force Participates in National Summit

POSTED: 5/23/2012
On April 2 and 3, Mayor Reed and representatives from the City of San José's Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force took part in the 2nd Annual National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, which was hosted by the White House and U.S. Department of Justice.

The participating cities - which also included Boston, Memphis, Detroit, Chicago and Salinas - reported on their efforts and progress to prevent youth violence while sharing best practices and committing to implement Strategic Work Plans.

At the event, Mayor Reed spoke about the success of the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force and its commitment to support coordinated re-entry services. Two youth representatives also presented their testimonials of the support they received from the task force, and Pastor Danny Sanchez and Corazon Tomalinas were recognized by the White House as Champions of Change for their work to curb youth violence in San Jose.

The City of San José also received a $125,000 grant from the Department of Justice for the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force.

Learn more about the Forum, and find information and resources on preventing youth violence

Also learn more about the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force.

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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