SAVE OUR SAVANNAH
Working Toward a Safer Savannah for Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday
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.