The National Network for Safe Communities’ Group Violence Intervention (GVI), also known as “Operation Ceasefire,” has repeatedly demonstrated that serious violence can be dramatically reduced when law enforcement, community members, and social services providers join together to directly engage with violent street groups to clearly communicate (1) a law enforcement message that future violence will be met with clear and predictable consequences, (2) a community moral message that violence will no longer be tolerated, and (3) a genuine offer of help to those who want it.
The strategy’s central tool to communicate these messages is a call-in—a face-to-face meeting between GVI representatives and street group members. Practice Brief: Call-In Preparation and Execution is intended to help law enforcement, community, and social services partners already engaged in implementing GVI to design, prepare, and execute their first and subsequent call-ins.
This publication is part of an ongoing series by the National Network for Safe Communities about its two core strategies: the Group Violence Intervention and the Drug Market Intervention.
