The Raleigh Police Department (RPD) is a participant in the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) program. The program was established by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to reduce violence in communities.
As part of this program, the DOJ will provide Raleigh with intensive training and technical assistance (TTA) in the areas of:
- gun violence;
- criminal justice collaboration;
- investigations;
- constitutional policing;
- community engagement;
- crime analysis; and,
- technology to identify strategies that target gun, drug, and gang violence.
RPD works with a collaborative network of residents, business owners, community and civic leaders, public safety partners, and many other stakeholders to develop comprehensive solutions to reduce violent crime. The vision for this work is to gain better insight into Raleigh's unique violent crime challenges and determine system-wide approaches to implement crime reduction strategies and enhance public safety. Successful crime reduction strategies are grounded in data and are evidence-based, and the RPD believes that this partnership will serve to strengthen our capacity to achieve successful outcomes.
PSP has a proven track record of helping program participant sites lower crime rates and improve the quality of life for community members. Other participating cities are Aurora, CO; Greensboro, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Richmond, VA; and Washington, DC.
Milestones Achieved as of December 2024
- The integration of systems to make it easier to connect recovered guns and ballistic information to our specific cases.
- Ongoing technology advancements to continue building the infrastructure of our Real-Time Crime Center
- Onsite PSP team assessment of our response and investigation of non-fatal shootings has been completed.
- Recognized in the PSP Monthly newsletter for participation in a multi-agency project targeting violent motorcycle gangs.
- Training our Human Trafficking Detectives as certified computer forensic examiners so that their unit can process its own digital evidence, which can be voluminous due to the nature of their cases.
Chief Patterson, Chief of Staff Amanda Rolle, Lieutenant Kelly Ann Kinney, and Sergeant Wescoe recently attended a PSP Summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota to discuss the progress RPD has made in reducing violent crime. This document was provided to attendees and shows a trend downwards in violent crime.
About the PSP Team
The PSP team supports local law enforcement and other key stakeholders in developing each site’s capacity to address its unique violent crime challenges to enhance public safety. Through a collaborative approach and data-driven decision-making, the PSP approach ensures that local resources are maximized and federal assets are leveraged where they are most needed. Implemented in 2014 as a pilot program, PSP has served more than 50 sites nationwide. The PSP team’s work is driven by local needs and priorities focused on increasing capacities to reduce violent crime and increase community engagement. PSP supports DOJ’s commitment to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.