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Let’s hope that this is more evidence that Pittsburgh is finally entering an era where facts and data are dictating  how resources should be disbursed. Check out the interactive crime statistics map the Post-Gazette posted today on their website and compare and contrast crimes in Mt. Washington with other city neighborhoods. PGHSNAP and PNCIS are [...]

From Jared Hawes at Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group: DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 TIME: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm LOCATION: PCRG Conference Room 1901 Centre Ave, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Join us on May 19th as neighborhoods across the city gather to discuss how we can work together to address safety issues! Share your [...]

Officer Christine Luffey is a wonderful asset in our neighborhood. She attends crime watch meetings and always responds swiftly and with care to residents’ concerns and complaints. She was attacked by pitbulls in Beechview last week and spoke to City Council about the rise in similar attacks in our area. READ MORE HERE.

There has been an increase in graffiti in our neighborhood. We’ve noticed it. You’ve noticed it. Now a new organization in the business district is not only getting tagged, but the vandals left a malicious slur on the side of the building they occupy. What can we do? Redeemer on the Mount did the right thing by contacting [...]

In 2008, the city vowed to crack down on gang members who were committing violent crimes in city neighborhoods and terrifying residents. The idea behind this initiative, based on a successful pilot program in Boston, is that most violent crimes are actually being committed by a relatively small group of gang members. If those gang members are found, [...]

DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010 TIME: 9 am – 11 am LOCATION: PCRG Conference Room 1901 Centre Ave, Suite 200 Sponsored by PCRG, the goal of Safe Neighborhood Networks is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime across communities, receive training from public safety experts, and build safe communities [...]

I guess I’ve been so wrapped up in zoning and mudslides lately, that I haven’t been paying enough attention to other news. I hadn’t absorbed the gravity of what happened to a CAPA high school student on January 11th while he was walking between his mother and grandmother’ house until this week. If you’re unaware [...]

Join the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group Tuesday, Dec 15th as individuals from neighborhoods across the city gather to discuss how they can work together to address safety issues. Safe Neighborhoods is a collaborative network of block watches across Pittsburgh. Sponsored by PCRG, our goal is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of [...]

Not to single out Shadyside, but I think the unfortunate incident that happened there last week illustrates the point some of us have been trying to make about not boycotting Foodland or never leaving your homes after dark. A man robbed the Rite-Aid smack in the middle of Walnut Street at 4:30pm last Thursday. I [...]

From the PG: Three suspects have been arrested in the robbery and killing last week of a Beltzhoover man on his front porch. City police have charged Joseph Gainer, 17, of Mount Washington; Aaron Phillips, 18, of Mount Oliver; and Andrew James Samuels, 18, of Beltzhoover, in the death of Albert “A.J.” Bock. Police said [...]