Community Safety FY2009 Focus Area Plan
Initiatives	Measures	Target	Prior Year
Reduce Crime
1. Decrease crime throughout the city through enforcement and prevention strategies that target specific crime categories or offenders	A. Crime rate per 100,000 population for Part One offense categories	A. 3% reduction in Robbery rate per 100,000 population	A. 427.8 robberies per 100,000 population in FY 2007 (-12.9%)
2. Reduce the incidence of property crime through education and enforcement efforts	A. Crime rate per 100,000 population for Part One offense categories	A. 5% reduction in property crime rate per 100,000 population	A. 6,848 property crimes per 100,000 in FY07 (3.2%increase)
3. Enhance citizen perception of safety through engagement with police and the dissemination of improved and more consistent information	A. Ratings on citizen satisfactory survey in November 2008	A. Ratings of 7 or above on a 10 point scale on questions related to police services and citizen perception of safety	A. 70% rated their perception of police at 7 or above; 74% reported feeling safe in their own neighbor-hoods
4. Reduce the incidence of vehicle crashes through enforcement, education and engineering	A. Number of vehicle crashes	A. 3% reduction in vehicle crashes	A. 28,277 vehicle crashes in FY07
Enhanced Customer Service
1. Educate and prepare children to prevent injuries and fires and teach them how to respond appropriately when they do occur	A. Percent of fire and life safety education programs requested and delivered to elementary school students in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	A. 95% of requested programs delivered	A. 82%