THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IS NAMED FOR THE LATE PITTSBURGH POLICE OFFICER CALVIN HALL.
Zone 1 Cares initiative meant to build relationships between police and North Side residents
The City of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 1, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), The Buhl Foundation, and One Northside, invited residents to the relaunch and open house of the Northview Heights Calvin M. Hall Public Safety Center on Friday, Oct. 21.
CELEBRATING THE REOPENING OF THE CALVIN M. HALL PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
The Northview Heights (NVH) Public Safety Center first launched in 2018 and served as a model for relationship-based policing. Designed to improve community safety through a deliberate community-policing approach focused on proactive policing strategies and ongoing collaborative problem-solving between the public and law enforcement, the multi-use public safety center space serves as both a Zone 1 police substation and a community hub.
Zone 1 Police Commander Shawn Malloy introduced his Zone 1 Cares initiative. Zone 1 Cares is an intentional effort to build relationships between Zone 1 police and residents of the North Side. The initiative will begin in the communities of Northview Heights and Allegheny Dwellings this fall with plans for a full-scale launch in spring 2023 across all 18 neighborhoods of the North Side.
COMMANDER OF ZONE 1, SHAWN MALLOY
“Zone 1 Cares is a way for officers to meet residents where they are. Officers will be visible within the community and working in partnership with residents to improve safety, improve resident relations, and rebuild trust,” Zone 1 Commander Shawn Malloy said, in a statement to the New Pittsburgh Courier. “We want residents to see us, get to know us, and work with us. To ensure safe and welcoming communities where all residents can thrive it will take all of us working together.”
MICHELLE PORTER FROM ONE NORTHSIDE
The goal is to have all officers assigned to a designated North Side sector that encompasses three to four neighborhoods. Officers will attend their designated neighborhood community meetings and begin engaging residents on foot walking their assigned communities distributing door hangers with safety resources and a QR code connecting residents to the One Northside website with safety alerts, community events with officers, and important safety resources. Zone 1 Cares is funded through One Northside, the Buhl Foundation’s placed-based grant-making strategy to improve the quality of life for residents of the Northside.
CASTER BINION, WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH.
“I am grateful to the Mayor’s Office, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 1, and the City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority for coming together again to reopen the Public Safety Center and work to meet the needs of our Northview Heights neighbors,” said Buhl Foundation President Diana Bucco, in a statement. “We are excited to relaunch the Safety Center as the first step in re-engaging Northside residents following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Northview Heights safety center model is evidence that residents and police can partner for safer, more livable communities. Efforts have been underway in Northview Heights since November 2021 to re-engage residents, and onboard new officers following the safety center’s COVID shutdown in March 2020. As a part of the relaunch, 13 NVH residents have volunteered to serve as building captains to help engage residents, share information and rebuild community-based programming.
EVERYONE HANGING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER…
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