CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION (CALVIP) GRANT
POMONA POLICE DEPARTMENT
ATTACHMENT NO. 2
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
• City of Pomona is the seventh largest city in Los Angeles County with a population of over 150,000 residents
• City of Pomona has experienced a high number of homicides and violent crime over the years
• City of Pomona is listed in the top 15 most violent cities on three of four indicators to qualify for this for this grant
HOMICIDES AND VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS
2018 - 2021
THE POMONA PARTNERSHIP FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD WELLBEING
OFFICE – STEP 1
• Will work to reduce violence in the City of Pomona by establishing an Office of Violence Prevention and Neighborhood Wellbeing (OVP)to coordinate all activities
• OVP will target individuals (approx. 150) that are at the highest risk for violence by • Helping these individuals develop positive relationships with support OVP staff and street outreach workers
• Gaining new skills in negotiating conflict and avoiding violence • Learning about and engage in alternative pathways away from violence • OVP will become the hub “one-stop-shop” of coordinated services, including case management, CBT services delivery, peer support specialists, life skills education, and training of street outreach and credible messenger providers
THE POMONA PARTNERSHIP FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD WELLBEING
OFFICE – STEP 11
• Improve social cohesion in key areas most impacted by violence through collective efficacy including neighborhood building activities
• Will serve as the primary liaison between community violence prevention providers and the Pomona Police Department
• Will create and implement a program for engaging community stakeholder participation in violence reduction
• Will coordinate planning and execution of place-making and neighborhood building activities with City Neighborhood Services Staff (Park After Dark, Job Fairs, Resource events, etc.)
THE POMONA PARTNERSHIP FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD WELLBEING
OFFICE – STEP III
• Strengthen community-police relations through group violence intervention • Principled policing training for Police Department (Procedural Justice/Implicit Bias) • Improve community-police relations through more direct support of families affected by intense violence
• Creation of a high impact Violence Prevention T eam of officers specially trained in • Focused Deterrence
• Procedural Justice (treat people with respect and dignity, give voice/listen, be neutral and transparent, and convey trustworthy motives)
• Reconciliation, Homicide Prevention, Arrest Reduction, and Y outh Diversion
THE POMONA PARTNERSHIP FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD WELLBEING
OFFICE – DIRECT STAFF
• Direct Staff will be run by:
• Chief Administrator
• Deputy Administrator
• Case Manager/Interventionist
• Community Outreach Leader
• Staff will manage the day-to-day implementation of the grant, provide community outreach and intervention, as well as fostering and maintaining all relationships with offices, organizations, and individuals that are coordinated by the office itself
KEY PARTNER AGENCIES
• Tri-City Mental Health
• City of Pomona Neighborhood Services Department
• Just Us 4 Y outh
• Advance Peace
• California Partnership for Safe Communities (CPSC)
• Los Angeles County Office of Violence Prevention
• Kennedy Austin Foundation
• Cal Poly Pomona
• Councilmember Nolte’s West Grove Project
QUESTIONS