,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ece  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,june #bc1 #bjbe,mr4  
,ow5s submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 
0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y 
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ ,june #bd? z   
,public ,safety ,aw>5ess ,day to promote
 citiz5 emp[]m5t1 effective law         
en=cem5t1 community-bas$ crime          
prev5tion1 & prud5t public policy 9     
support ( saf] neighborhoods nationwide4
  ,:]eas public safety is a f\ndational 
responsibility ( gov]nm5t & a           
pr]equisite = a ?riv+ society2 ,:]eas   
emp[]+ citiz5s ?r\gh education1         
res\rces1 & self-advocacy builds /rong]1
 m resili5t communities2 ,:]eas         
individuals & families affect$ by viol5t
 crime des]ve access to robu/ support   
sy/ems1 includ+ m5tal heal? s]vices &   
victim assi/ance programs2 ,:]eas       
community-c5tric safety /rategies       
enc\rage civic engagem5t1 r$uce reliance
 on c5traliz$ bureaucracies1 & re9=ce   
p]sonal & local responsibility2 ,:]eas  

public safety is und]m9$ by             
ideologically driv5 policies t defund or
 demoralize law en=cem5t & neglect !    
real consequ5ces ( un*eck$ crim9al      
behavior2 ,:]eas rese>* has %[n t !     
pres5ce ( well-tra9$ & well-support$ law
 en=cem5t (fic]s r$uces crime & enhances
 public tru/ 9 ! ju/ice sy/em2 ,:]eas   
effective safety /rategies mu/ focus on 
t>get$1 evid5ce-bas$ int]v5tions1 su* z 
focus$ det]r5ce1 :i* id5tifies high-risk
 individuals & (f]s pa?ways to *ange    
:ile hold+ repeat (f5d]s acc\ntable2    
,:]eas non-polic+ solutions--su* z      
increas$ /reet light+1 revitalization ( 
public spaces1 & neighborhood-bas$      
initiatives--contribute mean+fully to   
r$uc+ crime & improv+ quality ( life2   
,:]eas prosecutorial failure to address 
quality-(-life (f5ses has contribut$ to 
det]iorat+ prop]ty values1 erod$ tru/ 9 
public in/itutions1 & weak5$ ! social   
fabric ( communities2 ,:]eas inve/+ 9   
m5tal heal? & sub/ance abuse treatm5t   
alleviates unnecess>y /ra9 on police    

res\rces & all[s law en=cem5t to focus  
on s]i\s ?reats to public safety2 ,:]eas
 ! prud5t & transp>5t use ( taxpay]     
res\rces 9 support ( law en=cem5t1 crime
 prev5tion1 & victim support reflects a 
gov]nm5t t is bo? responsible &         
responsive to its citiz5s2 ,:]eas _m (  
,am]ica's inn] cities cont9ue to        
exp]i5ce disproportionately high rates (
 viol5t crime1 ) homicides1 %oot+s1 &   
assaults (t5 conc5trat$ 9 und]s]v$      
communities & driv5 by p]si/5t cycles ( 
pov]ty1 und]9ve/m5t1 & gang activity2   
,:]eas resid5ts ( high-crime            
neighborhoods--(t5 l[-income &          
majority-m9ority communities--face daily
 ?reats to _! safety & well-be+1 und]m9+
 economic opportunity1 access to        
education1 & ov]all quality ( life :ile 
re9=c+ sy/emic inequities2 ,:]eas1 9    
#bjbd1 cities su* z ,philadelphia1      
,baltimore1 ,/4 ,l\is1 ,new ,orleans1 & 
,*icago rank$ among ^? ) ! highe/ p]    
capita homicide rates 9 ! nation1       
highlight+ a national crisis t dem&s    

t>get$1 data-driv5 solutions &          
community-bas$ int]v5tions2 ,:]eas      
,*icago record$ #fag homicides 9 #bjbc1 
lead+ ! nation 9 total murd]s = ! #ab?  
consecutive ye>2 ,:]eas ?is figure      
rema9s approximately #bd p]c5t high] ?an
 ! pre-p&emic total ( #ejj homicides 9  
#bjai2 ,:]eas ,*icago's murd] rate 9    
#bjbc 0 five times high] ?an t ( ,new   
,york ,city1 despite ,new ,york hav+ m  
?an ?ree times ! population2 & ,:]eas ! 
conc5tration ( viol5t crime 9 specific  
neighborhoods und]scores ! ne$ = t>get$1
 community-bas$ int]v5tions to address  
public safety effectively3 ,n[1 !re=e1  
be x ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7
 supports ! goals & ideals ( ,public    
,safety ,aw>5ess ,day2  7#b7 supports ! 
emp[]m5t ( citiz5s & communities 9 %ap+ 
local public safety priorities2  7#c7   
commits to advanc+ policies t /r5g!n law
 en=cem5t1 uphold ! ,con/itution1 &     
re/ore acc\ntability 9 gov]nm5t2  7#d7  
enc\rages public engagem5t1 education1 &
 re=m ef=ts t support a saf]1 m secure  

,am]ica2 &  7#e7 affirms /rong support =
 law en=cem5t (fic]s across ! nation1   
recogniz+ _! ess5tial role 9 ma9ta9+    
public safety1 & calls = robu/ res\rces1
 cle> au?ority1 & policy frameworks t   
emp[] !m to c>ry out _! duties          
effectively & lawfully 9 secur+         
communities & uphold+ ju/ice4