For Los Angeles to move towards a space of true public safety, we must be led and informed by those who have been most affected by the fatal flaws in the current systems.
We can look to existing models as a starting point. Drawing on the expertise of leaders like Aqeela Sherrills, programs like Advance Peace and the Stockton Trauma Recovery Center, and trauma-informed school models like UCSF Hearts and TISLC in New Orleans, we can begin to develop our own community-based approaches to public safety.
CAT-911
Southern California

Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Bay Area (CA)

Advance Peace
Richmond, CA

Stockton Trauma Recovery Center
Stockton, CA

LIFE Camp
Queens, NY

Newark Community Street Team
Newark, NJ

Save Our Streets (S.O.S.)
Brooklyn, NY

UCSF HEARTS
San Francisco, CA

Safe Schools NOLA
New Orleans, LA

Portland Street Response
Portland, OR

Safe Passage
Seattle, WA

The Audre Lorde Project
New York City

Safelink
Massachusetts (Statewide)

Further Reading
- Nipsey Hussle’s death laid bare the truth about gun violence
Davetta Jackson-Young and Skipp Townsend
- How Newark Became a Model for Community-Based Violence Reduction
Aqeela Sherrills
- How Community Accountability Can Help Prevent Intimate Partner Violence in the First Place
Prevention Institute
- First-year follow-up of the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PAM) in Stockholm County, Sweden: A descriptive study
International Journal of Mental Health