Violent crime is the number one issue for residents and businesses in Wilmington, and many are making plans to flee the city because of the violent crime there. The Mayor Elect has a pledge from PERF to help revamp the operations and structure of the police department. He has named a new police chief, and hopefully a provider can work with his office and the police department to address this issue.
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• 11/27/12-Becky sent the request to NTTAC.
• 11/27/12-NTTAC contacted the identified POC Mr. Matlusky.
• 11/29/12-Mr. Iradella contacted NTTAC and a call was scheduled for December 6, 2012.
• 12/5/12-Mr. Iradella contacted NTTAC and said he had a family emergency and that the team requested the call be postponed and that Mr. Matlusky would be in contact to reschedule.
• 12/12/12-NTTAC updates the Governance board on this request.
• 12/20/12-Kristen Mahoney contacts Mr. Matlusky and Mr. Iradella.
• 1/4/13-Kristen informs Becky and NTTAC that she has not heard back from Wilmington.
• 1/10/13-NTTAC updates Kristen and Denise that there will be one more attempt to engage Wilmington on 1/14/13. Denise indicated that if there is no response after this final attempt, to draft a letter for her signature indicating that NTTAC and BJA has made several attempts to engage Wilmington in response to this request and have been unsuccessful and that NTTAC is closing out the request.
• 1/14/13-NTTAC looked on the City of Wilmington website and it is updated to reflect Mr. Williams as Mayor. The staff contact page is currently being updated. NTTAC will contact Mr. Matlusky one last time once his information is available on the website.
• 1/25/13-NTTAC will draft a letter for Denise to sign indicating that the request will be closed due to lack of response, however, the City of Wilmington is eligible to apply again in the future.
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At the request of Senator Coons' office, Tracey Trautman and Denise O’Donnell met with the Dennis Williams, Mayor Elect of Wilmington, Delaware who is seeking TTA to address the violent crime problem in Wilmington. He indicated, violent crime is the number one issue for residents and businesses in Wilmington, and many are making plans to flee the city because of the violent crime there. The Mayor Elect has a pledge from PERF to help revamp the operations and structure of the police department. He has named a new police chief, and hopefully a provider can work with his office and the police department to address this issue.";s:32:"field_what_do_you_want_to_achiev";s:536:"To assist the city of Wilmington in developing a strategy to address the high rates of violent crime. The city would like to explore the Project Safe Neighborhoods model. If we can be given guidance on this model, it will be helpful. Patrol officers to begin building stronger relationships with the community and to help with problem solving. Using Smart Policing strategies in different neighborhood types will help us see which ones are most effective in moving neighborhoods to the "strong" type as defined by situational policing.";s:32:"field_what_will_happen_if_this_n";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_is_the_gap_between_wh";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_do_you_have_any_data_to_su";s:40:"Yes, see attached crime analysis report.";s:32:"field_have_there_been_previous_a";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_have_you_sought_tta_before";s:3:"No.";s:32:"field_who_will_assume_leadership";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_did_you_learn_about_nt";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_are_your_organization";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_are_organization_s_we";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_opportunities_does_th";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_are_the_challenges_th";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_will_this_technical_as";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_is_your_overarching_g";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_please_list_at_least_two_o";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_as_a_result_of_this_tta_wh";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_will_be_participating_";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_do_participants_need_";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_activities_experience";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_supports_you_in_this_e";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_i";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_p";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_o";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_open_are_the_key_stake";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_are_there_any_local_govern";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_will_your_organization";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_other_resources_do_yo";s:3:"N/A";}