Public Safety
RBC’s top policy priority is public safety because it is fundamental to improving quality of life, talent retention, and growing our region’s economy. We believe that increasing the safety of all in our region requires on a threefold approach:
Enforcement
Support police and justice professionals by providing private sector collaboration, expertise, resources, and connections.
Prevention
Advocate for creating job opportunities for at-risk youth and justice-involved individuals and investments in mental health and drug treatment. and reducing gun violence.
Intervention
Advocate for policies and programs that disrupt cycles of gun violence and crime, and lead regional neighborhood revitalization initiatives in high-crime areas.
To help achieve our common goal we invest in organizations and programs such as the St. Louis Police Foundation to support increased communication between the City and County Police Departments, The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ Save Our Son’s and Sister’s Program and Serving our Streets aimed at decreasing gun violence and increasing access to resources and jobs, and Bi-State’s Secure Platforms Plan to increase safety on public transit.
Public Safety Initiatives
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The RBC helped put together over $1M to launch the Anti-Violence Crime Initiative in Downtown St. Louis. These funds supported the staffing of additional police officers equipped with patrol vehicles. The initiative has been so effective in reducing assaults and other crime in downtown St. Louis that Chief Tracy has requested our help to continue this project through August of 2024, which will give him time to graduate more officers from the academy and add them to the 4th District.Description text goes here
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Clean Up, Build Up, is a multi-year partnership with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to revitalize North St. Louis City’s most challenged neighborhoods. Learn more
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The RBC believes public transit is the key to a thriving region and has contributed over $1M to support the MetroLink’s state-of-the-art security plan in order to promote ridership in the region. Learn More.
