California Partnership for Safe Communities (CPSC)’s Post

We’re excited to share our latest policy brief, "Alto al Fuego: Addressing Community Violence in Mexico City," which details the journey of adapting and implementing Focused Deterrence of Violence (FDV) and Community Violence Intervention approaches to one of the city's high-violence sectors. From 2019 through 2023, CPSC worked in close partnership with Professor Rodrigo Canales, Innovations for Poverty Action, and Chief of Police Pablo V. to adapt and develop Alto Al Fuego.   This work demonstrates the feasibility of applying these models in Latin American contexts. While such initiatives were once thought impossible due to the presence of organized crime, we’ve learned that by leveraging strong political leadership, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and employing data-driven strategies to tackle violence in complex urban settings—it is possible to make progress in the near-term and with available resources.   While a rigorous impact evaluation of the pilot sector is still needed, preliminary results are promising: a 58% reduction in homicides and a 17% decrease in non-fatal shootings in the Plateros pilot sector from 2019 to 2023. These reductions are significantly greater than a panel of comparison sectors and the city as a whole during this time period.   We are also proud to share that Alto al Fuego was honored with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leadership in Crime Prevention Award in October 2024—a testament to the transformative potential of this approach.   Read the full brief: https://lnkd.in/gcUK3qhA vaughn crandall, Marina González Magaña