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U.S. Attorney's Office Releases Video Promoting Project Safe Neighborhoods, Project Guardian and CrimeStoppers Partnership

United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced this week a YouTube video promoting the partnership between the USVI Project Safe Neighborhoods, Project Guardian, and Crime Stoppers. The initiative, according to Shappert, encourages reporting violent and gun-related crimes as a means of combatting violent crime and illegal guns in the territory. This renewed partnership targets violence in the territory in attempt to reduce crime and make our island a safer place to live. The public service announcement (PSA) is titled “U.S. Virgin Islands Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) and Crime Stoppers PSA”. The video is accessible on YouTube (https://youtu.be/9FEUfmCEgAI) and emphasizes the importance of “if you see something, say something.” The PSA was created to encourage more community intelligence sharing with law enforcement in the USVI. "Project Safe Neighborhoods is a centerpiece of our crime reduction strategy. Together with our Proje...