PSN in Practice II
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PSN in Practice II TABLE OF CONTENTS MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 1 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 3 DISTRICT OF ALASKA 4 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 DISTRICT OF COLORADO 15 DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT 16 DISTRICT OF DELAWARE 19 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 22 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 23 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 25 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 27 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 28 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 30 DISTRICTS OF GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 31 DISTRICT OF HAWAII 32 DISTRICT OF IDAHO 33 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 35 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 36 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 37 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 38 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 39 NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF IOWA 40 DISTRICT OF KANSAS 41 EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY 42 WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY 43 EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 44 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 46 WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 47 DISTRICT OF MAINE 49 DISTRICT OF MARYLAND 50 DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS 52 EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 54 WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 56 DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA 57 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 58 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 60 EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 61 WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 62 DISTRICT OF MONTANA 63 DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA 64 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 65 DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 66 DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 66 DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO 68 EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 70 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 71 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 73 WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 73 EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 75 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 76 WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 78 DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA 78 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 79 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 80 EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA 81 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA 82 WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA 83 DISTRICT OF OREGON 83 EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 85 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 86 WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 87 DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 88 DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND 88 DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA 90 DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA 92 EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 93 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 95 WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE 96 EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 97 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 98 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 100 WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 101 DISTRICT OF UTAH 103 DISTRICT OF VERMONT 104 DISTRICT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 105 EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 106 WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 109 EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 110 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 111 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA 112 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA 113 EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN 114 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN 116 DISTRICT OF WYOMING 118 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA MDAL and its PSN partners have done an outstanding job of increasing federal The three U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) prosecution of gun crimes. Fiscal year 2005 located in Alabama have implemented closed with MDAL attaining its highest Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) number of PSN indictments to date. The statewide, forming partnerships with each number of gun crimes prosecuted under 18 other and with law enforcement, state and U.S.C. 922 and 924 by MDAL in FY 2005 local agencies, and community increased over 37% from FY 2004 and organizations. The resulting coalition, represents a 660% increase since the Alabama ICE (Isolate the Criminal inception of the district’s PSN program. Element), is a powerhouse network with an PSN defendants are receiving an average extensive range of resources and tools for sentence of over six years in prison, effectively addressing firearms violence. demonstrating that MDAL continues to target the most violent repeat offenders When President Bush declared gun crime through its Alabama ICE initiative. In the reduction a top domestic priority, the Middle last year, the offenders prosecuted included District of Alabama (MDAL) devised its a kidnaper/rapist, armed car jackers, armed local Alabama ICE initiative. In the Middle bank robbers, and a corrupt federal firearms District of Alabama, Alabama ICE licensee. An overwhelming majority of established a task force to coordinate their ICE convictions (over 90%) are federal, state, and local law enforcement secured through guilty pleas. officials and prosecutors and community leaders to reduce gun crime. The result has An integral part of Alabama ICE is intensive been a significant increase in gun crime training of state and local law enforcement prosecutions, which has deterred gun on the ICE initiative and federal gun violence and other violent crimes throughout statutes, which leads to an increased number the district. of cases being referred for federal prosecution. Requests for officer training MDAL recognized early on that aggressive continue to flood MDAL and are federal prosecution of gun crimes in accommodated by the USAO for the MDAL Alabama would act as a deterrent for three and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, reasons. First, the federal firearm statutes Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Generally, are much tougher than their state 500 to 750 officers receive PSN training counterparts, imposing significantly longer annually, and the training is now part of the sentences. Second, offenders serve almost Montgomery Police Academy’s regular their entire sentences in the federal prison curriculum. Their state and locals partners system, as there is no parole. Third, cases have embraced and supported the initiative. proceed to trial more quickly in the federal system than in the state system, which MDAL uses PSN community engagement ensures that offenders are removed from the grants to further PSN interests and achieve streets more quickly. In short, the Project Sentry objectives. Last year, MDAL enforcement efforts of Alabama ICE send awarded PSN grants to ten applicants, the message that gun crime means hard time, including eight different programs designed and that message is reinforced through to accomplish Project Sentry objectives or MDAL’s vigorous media campaigns. provide services to victims of domestic violence, and two prisoner reentry programs. 1 NORT HERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA One grantee was Montgomery Area reduction in both attempted Crimestoppers, which used PSN grant homicides/homicides and robberies between money to sponsor crime prevention and anti- calendar year 2002 and 2004, and a 24% violence functions at area schools. drop in assaults in the same time frame. Crimestoppers established an anonymous tip line for students to report illegal activity, Alabama ICE is a critical law enforcement including the possession of guns and other tool in this district. MDAL will continue to weapons. It also distributed comic strips, put forth its best effort through extensive pencils, posters, stickers, tattoos, and similar media outreach, training, identification and items to educate juveniles on gun safety and prosecution of PSN cases, and through the violence reduction. Through the partnership formation of new partnerships, to ensure the with Crimestoppers, MDAL reaches continued success of Alabama ICE. approximately 5,000 students every six months with a message of anti-violence and NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA gun safety. With the implementation of Project Safe PSN grants are also used to support a Neighborhoods (PSN), the Northern District summer program called Street SMART, of Alabama experienced a 75% increase in which targets at-risk youths between the federal prosecutions of firearms offenses ages of six and 15 in the Dothan/Houston between FY 2000 and FY 2004. Violent County area and teaches them how to resist crime experienced a converse trend. In gangs. It helps the youths identify gang 1999, Birmingham had the eighth highest recruitment strategies, educates them on the homicide rate among similar cities. By negative consequences of gang involvement, 2002, Birmingham had fallen out of the top and teaches them resistance and survival ten deadliest cities. Such results have skills. prompted praise from local officials. According to Robert L. Burrell, District PSN grants are also awarded to the Attorney (DA) for Morgan County: “The Montgomery County District Attorney’s implementation of the ICE (Isolate the Office to help fund its GRAVE (Getting Criminal Element)/FREEZE program in Real About Violence and its Effects) Morgan County has had an impact far program. This program is aimed at greater than could have been expected in aggressively educating first-time juvenile such a short time. The district’s local weapons offenders on the impact of violence program has had an enormous impact on the in the community, the consequences of morale of local law enforcement at a time choices involving violence, and acceptable when Alabama’s financial crisis has conflict resolution alternatives. The increased the speed of the state’s ‘revolving program requires attendance by the juveniles door’ penal system. Frankly, ICE/FREEZE and their parents on four weekend days. has given us all a sense of a team approach to fighting crime that has been sadly lacking The result of MDAL’s successful in the past.” partnerships, prosecutions and outreach initiatives has been a tangible reduction in In August 2005, 12 federal indictments were violent crime in the district. Since the returned which arose from a successful inception of Alabama ICE in MDAL, initiative, called “Operation Gunsmoke.” Montgomery crime statistics show a 38% This initiative was a result of the 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA partnerships that formed between the youth in Madison County which provided Calhoun County DA’s Office, the Anniston useful information relating to gun violence Police Department, the Calhoun/Cleburne as well as fundamental basketball skills and Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the are in process of organizing another Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and basketball clinic in Jefferson County. Explosives (ATF), and the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Northern District of Recognizing that arrests and prosecutions Alabama.