Criminal Justice

State-of-the-Region: Performance Indicators for the Buffalo-Niagara Region In the 21st Century
PUBLIC SAFETY

Link		Description
Gun Control	Coalition to Stop Gun Violence	"...the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is composed of 44 civic, professional and religious organizations and 100,000 individual members that advocate for a ban on the sale and possession of handguns and assault weapons..."
	Handgun Control, Inc.	"...founded in 1974 by a victim of gun violence, Handgun Control became the driving force for significant gun safety legislation in the 1980s when Sarah Brady joined the organization. Her husband, former White House Press Secretary Jim Brady, was wounded in the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Mrs. Brady serves as chair of Handgun Control and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence..."
	Law Enforcement Alliance of America	"...the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of law enforcement professionals, crime victims, and concerned citizens united for justice. Together, we fight for legislation at every level of government that reduces violent crime while preserving the rights of all citizens, particularly the right of self-defense. LEAA strives to keep political debate focused on criminal behavior and criminal punishment, and to communicate the shared opinion of the majority of law enforcement that gun control is not effective crime control..."
	Million Mom March Foundation	"...a bell can toll for those lost to gun trauma; it can also ring out a call to action. While most Americans support responsible gun laws, this majority is not as vocal as the pro-gun minority. It is time for those who want our communities to be safe from gun trauma to demand action. Only then can we look forward to pealing our bell in celebration..."
	"Project Exile" Condemnation Coalition Project Exile - The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act Project Exile - Yahoo Search	"...provide resources to states that ensure a mandatory minimum sentence of five years (without parole) for any person who uses or carries a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime or serious drug trafficking offense..."
	Project HomeSafe	"...more than 500 cities and counties have signed on to become partners with Project HomeSafe, the nation's most comprehensive and far-reaching firearms safety education program. Project HomeSafe partners distribute, free of charge, safety kits that include a gun locking device to firearms owners in their communities..."
Law Enforcement	Buffalo Police Department	"Vision: the Buffalo Police Department will be a professional and trusted provider of police services, a leader in the cooperative effort with neighborhoods, businesses, and other agencies to make Buffalo safer..."
	Erie County Sheriff's Office	"Mission: to provide quality police service to our community by promoting a safe environment through police and citizen interaction, with an emphasis on integrity, fairness, and professionalism..."
	F.B.I.	"...the core values which need to be preserved and defended by the FBI in performing its statutory missions. Those values are: rigorous obedience to the Constitution of the United States; respect for the dignity of all those we protect; compassion; fairness; and uncompromising personal and institutional integrity. These values do not exhaust the many goals which we wish to achieve, but they capsulize them as well as can be done in a few words. Our values must be fully understood, practiced, shared, vigorously defended and preserved..."
	NYS Police	"...the State Legislature established the New York State Police as a full service police agency on April 11, 1917...since the first 237 men rode out of their training camp on horseback to begin patrolling rural areas, troopers have been there to fulfill the law enforcement needs of the people of New York State with the highest degree of fairness, professionalism and integrity...Mission Priorities: To prevent crime and enforce the law...To ensure highway safety...To render general assistance...To promote peace and order...To provide high quality support..."
Prevention & Rehabilitation	Juvenile Justice Magazine	"...On-Line Magazine for Today's Juvenile Justice Professional Juvenile Justice is an on-line, bi-monthly magazine serving juvenile justice professionals in all 50 states involved in Youth Services, Human Services, Law Enforcement, Probation, Parole, Court Administration and Staff Training..."
	NYS Probation Officers Association	"...Probation Is The Hub Of The Criminal Justice System ----- Probation Is The Most Used Corrections Sanction-----179,208 People Are On Probation In New York State..."
Prison System	Corcraft Products	"...the manufacturing division of the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Corcraft's primary purpose is to employ inmates within the New York State correctional system, in real work situations producing quality goods and services delivered on time as required by the State of New York and its subsidiaries at no cost to the taxpayers..."
	Erie County Holding Center	"...a pre-trial, maximum security, detention facility. It is the second largest detention facility in the State of New York, outside of New York City. The Erie County Holding Center is capable of housing 680 inmates remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Erie County..."
	NYS Department of Correctional Services (NYSDOCS)	"...the Department of Correctional Services is responsible for the confinement and habilitation of approximately 72,000 inmates held at 70 state correctional facilities and is guided by the Departmental Mission.These prisons are located across New York State as depicted in the maps of prison locations..."
	NYSDOCS Inmate Population Information Search	"...this lookup is intended to provide interested parties with information on the status and location of inmates incarcerated in a New York State Department of Correctional Services prison. Information is also provided on former inmates; primarily so an inquiry regarding a released inmate results in a positive result telling when and why the inmate was released..."