Partners: Central New York Crime Analysis Center, City of Oneida Parks Department, City of Oneida Codes Department, City of Oneida Fire Department, Syracuse University
Focus areas: Personnel, Community Engagement, CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design)
The Oneida Police Department, with a total staff of 32, is the primary law enforcement agency for 10,329 residents. The Department is overseen by a Chief of Police, Assistant Chief and two Lieutenants and is divided into two divisions: criminal investigations and patrol. Through a partnership with the Central New York Crime Analysis Center, a review of five years of crime data has occurred. As a result, the following offenses have been prioritized and identified within five project hot spots areas: assaults, criminal possession of weapons, burglary, and robbery.The Department will use RVCRI funding to initiate problem-solving patrols of the identified hot spots. Assigned officers will be trained in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles and encouraged to engage community stakeholders in problem solving and crime prevention activities. The department has also recently engaged Syracuse University to aid in the potential development of a community survey and additional hot spot analysis. The department is also actively seeking revitalization partnership opportunities for potential redevelopment projects within the identified hot spot locations. The project aims to increase community collaborations and reduce violent crime activity within the identified hot spots.
RVCRI is an effort funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to assist rural communities seeking to address violent crime.
The DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance is supporting data-driven, comprehensive responses to crime in some of the country’s most troubled communities through BCJI.