Violent Crime Intervention

Evidence Step: Evidence

Department: Finance and Administration

Program Description

The Violent Crime Intervention program provides grant funds for local law enforcement agencies to implement evidence-based programs, technology, and strategies, such as community policing, policing through environmental design, crime analysis, and place-based investigations, that will reduce violent crime in our communities.

Details

Program Demographic: Adults

Delivery Setting: Organization / Business / Local Government

Research

Hot Spot Policing

Community Policing

Geographically Focused Policing Initiatives

Outputs

Number of grants addressing DV

2024: 31

2023: 8

Number of grants addressing gang violence

2024: 6

2023: 4

Number of grants addressing human trafficking

2024: 1

2023: 3

Logic Model

If we provide grant funds for local law enforcement agencies to support evidence-based programs, technology and strategies designed to reduce violent crimes, including community policing, policing through environmental design, crime analysis, and place-based investigations, then we will have less volent crime in Tennessee, including less domestic violence, gang violence and human trafficking.