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• Danville, Virginia partners with Caliber Public Safety for upgraded public safety software including CAD, Mobile, RMS, and JMS.
• DANVILLE, Va., March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Caliber Public Safety, a leading provider of public safety software solutions, today announced a new partnership with the City of Danville, Virginia, to implement its full suite of public safety software solutions.
• "We are thrilled to partner with the City of Danville in their ongoing commitment to public safety excellence," said Chris Faircloth, Vice President Sales & Marketing at Caliber Public Safety.
• "This partnership would not have been possible without the invaluable support of National Public Safety Group (NPSG), the trusted consultants representing the City of Danville," said Brad Thompson, Sales Executive at Caliber Public Safety.

• It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.
• This approach requires governments to invest in enough proven prevention measures to greatly reduce injuries, trauma and loss of life stemming from violent crime.
• The city’s community safety plan diagnosed the risk factors and focused proven prevention initiatives on those most vulnerable to violence.

Horner recommendations

• Thirty years ago, Bob Horner, a staunch Conservative and former RCMP officer, chaired a parliamentary committee on crime prevention in Canada.
• He was blunt: “If locking up those who violate the law contributed to safer societies, then the United States should be the safest country in the world.” But Horner did not just criticize, he made recommendations on how to prevent crime.
• He correctly called for an official at a senior level to be solely tasked with putting effective prevention into action.
• Horner also called for an annual investment in crime prevention equivalent to five per cent of the expenditures spent on policing and criminal justice.

Preventing violence

• That evidence is publicly available from various sources, including the United States Justice Department’s Crime Solutions platform.
• As part of our analysis, we examined Crime Solutions and several similar platforms to explain to decision-makers how these programs are proven to stop violence and how to implement them.
• Key components of these proven solutions include: • Hiring and training social workers and mentors to reach out to young men prone to involvement in violence and to assist with trauma; • Recruiting case workers to join surgeons in hospital emergency rooms to ensure that victims of violence do not make repeat appearances; • Helping young men with problem-solving skills and emotional regulation to control the anger that can lead to injuries to others; • Providing opportunities for job training, mentoring and jobs in areas where the violence originates; • Participation in courses that prevent sexual violence by shifting social norms about consent in schools and encouraging students to take action as bystanders at universities.

Community safety planning

• Ontario changed the name of its policing law in 2019 to the Community Safety and Policing Act with a new section that requires municipalities to develop community safety and well-being plans.
• Ottawa must also develop professional community safety planners, raise awareness nationally about proven solutions and provide tools to achieve and track results.

Irvin Waller made a donation to the federal Greens and Ontario NDP in 2023. Jeffrey Bradley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Learners will be well-prepared to sit for industry-recognized credentials like NATE, OSHA 10, and EPA 608, unlocking accelerated pathways to career success in their chosen trades.
• Incarcerated learners participating in correctional education programs are nearly 43%3 less likely to recidivate when compared with those who did not participate in correctional education programs.
• With the Orijin-Interplay Learning partnership, jurisdictions can dramatically expand access to more incarcerated learners without having to add additional teachers or build new vocational shops.
• "We are honored to have our skilled trades courses integrated into Orijin's innovative workforce development platform," said Doug Donovan, Founder and CEO of Interplay Learning.

• DECATUR, Ala., Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willo Products Company LLC, the trusted leader in the design, engineering, and sale of innovative detention locking systems, announced that in 2023 a record number of facilities chose the Willo Wedge™ to address their essential security infrastructure needs, resulting in double-digit growth in awarded projects.
• In 2023, administrators and leaders from detention facilities across the U.S. chose locking system retrofits from Willo to address problematic locks and improve safety.
• We designed the Willo Wedge with multiple patented features to ensure that locks stay locked,” said Wood.
• We look forward to continuing to serve these customers with additional projects and maintenance services in the coming years,” ​said​ Wood.