Safe Communities

OCO studied national best practices and tactics that work to actively prevent homicide and gun violence

• coordinate the resources in the city that can be used for violence prevention,
• focus those resources on people who are most at risk for gun violence,
• connect through outreach intervention those most likely to be involved in gun violence with conflict mediation, economic opportunity and meaningful alternatives.

OCO leaders held 7 actions with over 5,000 people, pushing the City of Oakland to invest in street outreach workers and build violence prevention teams throughout the city. 

Through our work, 3 teams of street outreach, city services, faith leaders, police and probation have been formed in East, West, and Central Oakland and are actively using intervention strategies to prevent homicide and gun violence!