pUBLIC SAFETY
Driven by Data: Cincinnati has seen double-digit decreases in violent crime, with youth crime decreasing by 35% since Mayor Aftab took office.
Downtown is safe and prospering. To address safety concerns following a slight uptick in crime in the urban core, Mayor Aftab has deployed CPD walking and bike patrols to increase law enforcement visibility downtown.
Respective 70% and 80% drops in violent crime in OTR and East Westwood, thanks to Place-based Violent Interruption Strategy (PIVOT) programs.
Investing in our first responders: Mayor Aftab and this city council have made historic multimillion-dollar investments in a modern and accountable police force and fire department.
This administration has allocated over $6.2 million to boost police recruitment and over $7.8 million to boost fire recruitment.
Cut the ribbon on a modernized $14 million, 20,000-square-foot training facility for the Cincinnati Fire Department.
Cincy on Track Plan: The $1.6 billion infrastructure investment from the Southern Railroad sale is funding renovations for some of the city’s most outdated fire stations.
Expanding the first responders: Allocating $615,000 to the Alternate Response to Crisis unit (ARC), making Cincinnati one of the few cities nationwide dispatching unarmed mental health professionals to intervene in low-risk crises.
People-First approach: Cincinnati is leading the nation in uprooting the systemic sources of violent crime by combating inequity, investing in communities, and doubling down on efforts to ensure our youth can choose a job over a gun.
Moved CPD gun range from Lincoln Heights
The city’s historic Collaborative Agreement between the CPD, United Black Front, and other city leadership is still a model of community-first law enforcement policy - but we must recommit ourselves to creating grant programs to empower community leaders and neighborhood organizations to address blight and other neighborhood issues that may help reduce gun violence.