ONS Podcast - Episode 2 - Your Neighborhood Safety Community Council

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Introduction to the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS)

Introduction of the Neighborhood Safety Community Council (NCC)

Community safety and crime prevention strategies

Alternative public safety measures and programming

Youth violence prevention and conflict resolution

Goals Not Guns campaign overview

Community resource allocation and funding

Collaboration with city departments and community organizations

Neighborhood-specific safety concerns

Areas of Interest (5)

How the Office of Neighborhood Safety is shifting from traditional policing to community-led intervention models.
The role of local resident councils in influencing municipal budget allocations for public safety.
Analysis of 'Goals Not Guns' and other non-punitive youth programs in St. Paul schools.
The intersection of social work and public safety in addressing recidivism among youth offenders.
Collaboration hurdles between neighborhood safety groups and the St. Paul school system.

Notable Quotes (4)

One of the things that the neighborhood safety Community Council is charged with is our office of neighborhood safety does receive government funds and the community council we get to decide partially where those government funds go.
— Lanaa Jacobson

Governance and FundingExplaining the financial authority of the NCC.

There's always something there that you can latch on to and try to develop and support and try to guide people who through no fault of their own maybe were born into circumstances that weren't ideal.
— Diane Levenduski

Youth Crime PreventionDiscussing the perspective on potential offenders.

My hope is that we can communicate more with each other and align the work as opposed to everyone just doing their own thing.
— Coral Garner

Inter-organizational StrategyAdvocating for institutional collaboration.

I would love to see the communities come back to being more Villages like we know who's on the Block you know who's around you say hi more to your neighbors.
— Sharice Tisdel

Community BuildingExpressing a vision for community cohesion.

People (4)

Lanaa JacobsonNCC Manager

St. Paul native, advocate for community safety and alternative public safety programs.

Diane LevenduskiNCC Interim Chair

Retired federal probation officer, social worker, long-term Hamlin Midway resident.

1 quote

“Everyone has some redeeming qualities and just because people do bad things doesn't mean they're a bad person.”

Discussing the human potential for change in youth offenders.

Coral GarnerNCC Council Member

Retired clinical administrator, healthcare expert with background in youth development.

1 quote

“The most effective way really to address either teen pregnancy or youth involved crime was to provide kids with more after school quality programming.”

Reflecting on career experience in public health.

Sharice TisdelNCC Council Member

Health psychology graduate, community organizer, parent active in school/sports programs.

1 quote

“I think that we're even though we gave it out to hired I think them bringing in World youth connect was probably the best idea.”

Evaluating youth-led violence prevention strategies.

Places Mentioned

St. Paul, MinnesotaFrogtown, St. PaulRondo, St. PaulHamlin Midway, St. PaulSummit University neighborhoodUniversity Avenue, St. PaulJimmy Lee CenterCentral High SchoolRoseville, MinnesotaRosemont, Minnesota

Events & Meetings (3)

Goals Not Guns launch event at Face to Face Academy
St. Paul Public Libraries safety planning committee meetings
Hired and World Youth Connect joint community conversation event

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