The National Network for Safe Communities and its partners have developed innovations to support its proven strategic interventions to reduce violence and improve public safety, minimize arrest and incarceration, strengthen communities, and improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities it serves.
The NNSC, with support from the Joyce Foundation, led a project to develop the exercise of police-led discretion towards incidents involving violence, guns, and high-risk people. In recent years, police departments have expanded the formal use of discretion in attempts to minimize criminal justice contact for first-time, nonviolent offenses, particularly those involving substance abuse, mental
Larceny
The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC), with support from the Open Philanthropy Project, is conducting a research project focused on examining retail theft in Los Angeles NNSC is focused on establishing the contours and dynamics of LA’s theft crimes through a multi-stakeholder project. The NNSC recognizes an opportunity to connect insights from disparate information