Check Out Street Beat Pittsburgh

Street Beat Pittsburgh, an interactive talk show designed to inform Pittsburgh residents of initiatives by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, citizens, human services groups, and the Pittsburgh-community, is available for viewing both online and on City Channel Pittsburgh. It airs on City Channel Pittsburgh daily at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The show, written, produced, and hosted by Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Public Information Officer Diane Richard, is part of Mayor Ravenstahl's and Chief Harper's efforts to highlight the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police's proactive education and safety initatives.
Check out http://www.pittsburghpa.gov/police/street_beat_pittsburgh.htm for more information and to watch episodes online.

Public Safety Training and Fair

 

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Building Community Block Watches

Please join the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) and the Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) on Saturday, May 21, at West Penn Hospital for a citywide public safety training and resource fair entitled “Safe Areas for Everyone: Building Community Block Watches.” The event is sponsored by the Office of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and by Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith (District 2), Public Safety Chairperson.

The event is completely free, open to all city residents, and includes a light breakfast, boxed lunch, and parking. Come learn how to start or sustain a block watch, understand crime statistics, navigate the city’s community safety website, or identify gang activity. A panel of representatives from 311, 911, the Bureau of Building Inspection, the Department of Public Works, and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will answer your questions on the functions of their departments and how they respond to safety complaints. The event will also feature a keynote address by David J. Hickton, US Attorney for Western Pennsylvania.

Visit our afternoon resource fair to get more information on public and non-profit services available to you. Register by visiting www.safeconference.pittsburghpa.gov.

Home Safety Workshops for Kids

Home Depot Safety Day will take place at Home Depot in East Liberty on October 3rd, when the Fire and Police Department will conduct workshops for children about safety. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to the public.

Safe Neighborhoods Network Meeting

Join in on September 26, as individuals from neighborhoods across the city gather to discuss how we can work together to address safety issues!

Safe Neighborhoods is a collaborative network of block watches across Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), our goal is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime across communities, receive training from public safety experts, and build safe communities from the grassroots up.

The discussion will last from 9 to 11 a.m. in the PCRG Conference Room, 1901 Centre Ave., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The discussion will include available resources for community groups; any problems that you might be having in your own neighborhood and how we can work together to address them; and what initiatives are currently underway in the city. If there is something specific that you would like the group to address, please let me know so I can make sure it is on the agenda.

RSVP by September 25 by contacting Sarah at sstutts@pcrg.org or 412-391-6732 x 208.

Public Safety Special Meeting

An action-oriented meeting of citizens and city officials discussing the recent wave of crime and safety incidents in Bloomfield, Garfield, and Friendship will take place on Thursday, August 21, at 6 p.m. at the Bloomfield-Garfield Community Activity Center, 113 North Pacific Avenue. Share tips and strategies to keep our homes and streets safe.

Walk Weekly with Friendship Preservation Group

Friendship Preservation Group's Public Safety Committee invites all neighbors to join us for a walk around our neighborhood.

When: Monday and Thursday evenings at 7:00
Where: Meet at Pittsburgh Montessori School
The Route: Approximately 1.5 miles - East on Friendship toward Negley, to Coral, to Winebiddle, to Harriet, ending at Baum Grove.
Who: You! Your friends! Your kids! Your dogs! All are welcome.

A Zone 5 police officer will join us whenever possible.

Contact Emily Amick at missesamick@yahoo.com for more information.

Solar-Powered Security Lights For Friendship Neighborhood

Friendship Development Associates (FDA) has a limited number of solar-powered security lights remaining from its alley lighting campaign. If you are interested, FDA will provide a motion-activated light and install it to illuminate your alleyway free of charge. The goal of the lighting campaign is to improve nighttime visibility and community safety in Friendship's Elm Street area, contained within the boundaries of Penn Avenue to Baum Boulevard and Negley to Atlantic Avenue.

These lights are available on a first come, first served basis and will not last! Please contact Samantha Teixeira at 412-441-6147 x1 or e-mail samantha@friendship-pgh.org by January 31 to discuss this opportunity.

Next Zone 5 Public Safety Meeting

The next Zone 5* Citizens' Public Safety Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 8, at 7 p.m., at The Union Project, 801 North Negley at Stanton. Come and make your concerns and issues regarding public safety in the East End heard!

*Zone 5 covers the neighborhoods of Bloomfield, East Liberty, Friendship, Garfield, Highland Park, and Stanton Heights, among others.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Meeting

A citywide Public Safety Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 10, at 6:00 p.m. at the Kingsley Center, 6435 Frankstown Avenue. All are welcome. Come meet your zone commander, the chief of police, the mayor, and many other city department heads. For more information, call Janine Davis at 412-255-2827.

It's National Night Out!

August 7 is National Night Out (NNO) - "America's Night Out Against Crime" - and two of our neighborhoods are having events this evening to draw attention to public safety and crime prevention.

In Friendship, there will be 11 porch parties from 6 to 9 p.m., with giveaways like high-efficiency light bulbs and lighted key chains. Start the evening at 5432 and 5434 Penn Avenue, where maps to the rest of the participating houses will be available. Other porches are located on S. Fairmount, Roup, S. Aiken, and other streets throughout the neighborhood. (Sponsored by Friendship Preservation Group.)

In Lawrenceville, an NNO cookout will be held on Lawrenceville United's front patio, 4825 Butler Street, at 6:30 p.m. (Sponsored by LU - call 412-802-7220 for more info.)

Come show you care about public safety!

Come to a Public Safety Meeting!

Neighborhood Public Safety Meeting

Date: Wednesday, August 8
Place: Valleyview Presbyterian Church (Black St. & N. Aiken Ave.)
Time: 6:00 PM

· Are you concerned about what’s happening in your neighborhood around crime and troublesome behavior?

· Would you like to speak with law enforcement officials about those concerns, and see what they can do to respond?

· Would you like to meet your neighbors, and figure out ways that you can work together to make things better?

Join us on the 8th and make your interests known!!!

There’s much that will be happening in Garfield and East Liberty in the next few years, and we want your neighborhood to remain a livable one where folks don’t have to move unless they want to.

We’ll have pizza and soft drinks, so bring the kids!

RSVP your attendance to: Deadra Keener at Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation: 412-441-6950 ext. 17