Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with The Research Foundation of the City University of New York on behalf of the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College to assist the City in a comprehensive Group Violence Intervention (GVI) strategy in Columbus. GVI focuses on the groups at highest risk for violent victimization and offending, with the intention to keep those in them alive, safe, and out of prison. The agreement shall be for a period of fourteen months beginning May 1, 2022 and ending July 1, 2023.
An experienced team of National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) staff will work directly with local stakeholders over a 14 month period to support the implementation of the Group Violence Intervention in Columbus. This will include the following deliverables; Conduct a one-day executive session on focused deterrence tailored to Columbus in 2022; Group audit Refresh; Regular Strategic Advising; Intensive Strategic Advising; Peer exchange/workshop/subject matter experts; Access to National Network working sessions; Participation in one-hour weekly virtual workshops for support and outreach partners; Participation in two-hour monthly virtual workshops for law enforcement agencies.
This legislation seeks a waiver of the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. National Network for Safe Communities, a project of John Jay College of Criminal Justice is uniquely well-suited to serve as consultants to Columbus' law enforcement and community partners in their implementation efforts. David Kennedy and the National Network is also the only entity that can offer access to scores of jurisdictions across the country that are implementing its violence intervention strategies, providing Columbus the opportunity to directly collaborate with and learn from peers doing this work. The city worked with this group in 2020 and again in 2021.
Term: The agreeme...
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