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Office of Violence Prevention outlines public-health approach, hot-spot focus and firearm-surrender project
Summary
Michelle Miles, director of the Office of Violence Prevention, told the commission the office pursues a public-health approach to reduce violence through hot-spot interventions, data-driven planning and cross-agency projects including a DOJ-funded firearms-surrender protocol for domestic-violence cases.
Michelle Miles, director of the City of Austin Office of Violence Prevention, told the Public Safety Commission the office takes a public-health approach that targets hot spots, at-risk individuals and community-level conditions as part of a broader violence-reduction strategy.
"Our mission is, a peaceful and safe Austin for everyone," Miles said, summarizing the office's goals and framing work as an intersection of public health and public safety.
Miles described several programs and initiatives. The city-funded community violence intervention program ATX Peace works in hot spots with trusted messengers to provide outreach, conflict mediation and wraparound services for individuals identified as at high risk of victimization or offending. The Office of Violence Prevention said it has distributed approximately 10,000 gun locks to date through Safe Gun Store Saves Lives and OVP…
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