SOS Projects

1) IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS:

a. FUNDING

(monetary goals discussion and spending plan development)

b. NEW CHIEF

(collaboration for hiring of best available candidate)

c. TECHNOLOGY

(to maximize patrol efficiency)

d. CAMERAS

(surveillance for the city / county)

e. LIGHTING

(both in squares & around the city)

f. JAIL

(organization & maintenance)

g. JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER

(alternative resource for truants, juvenile offenders, etc.

h. PROJECT MANAGERS:

William Baugh, Jeanne Seaver, Adger Ross, and Lee Beckman.

2) POLICY & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

a. PAROLE HEARINGS

(discover how we might keep offenders off the streets)

b. PRESENCE AT COUNTY COMMISSION / CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

(keep community informed & involved)

c. PUBLIC HOUSING

(patrol & maintenance)

d. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONTACT / COLLABORATION

(unify community against crime)

e. SOS PRESENTATIONS / SPEAKERS

(spread ideology & goals across the community)

f. ADVERTISING & MARKETING

(keep community informed & involved)

g. WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

(anti-crime resource with links to all Savannah / Chatham projects & crime reduction initiatives / issues)

h. PROJECT MANAGERS

Dicky Mopper, Adger Ross, Norman Laird, and Rob Roberts.

3) EDUCATION:

a. POLICE DEPARTMENT / UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION

(programs for scientific- & practice-based crime fighting; programs for police & community education)

b. POLICE DEPARTMENT / PUBLIC SCHOOL COLLABORATION

(share insights & develop youth programs)

c. VICTIM ASSISTANCE

(educate on how system works, how we can help)

d. CRIME REDUCTION PROCESS

(keep tabs on SOS / Community progress & areas for improvement)

e. MEDIA COVERAGE

(collaborate for community education)

f. PROJECT MANAGER

Dr. Dan Lockwood

Again, if you feel you would like to be a part of one or more of these projects, please email your name, contact information and description of interest to Rebecca Smith at rebecca@saveoursavannah.com. Thanks again for your participation in Save Our Savannah. We are confident that, with the implementation of these projects and the involvement of the entire community, we will all achieve a greater sense of safety in our homes and on our streets.