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Inner city community before the zinc fence replacement project. 3. Capacity building and resource
provision to Public Safety
Inner city community following the replacement of zinc fences. Stakeholders - geared at enhancing
the use of validated data to inform
Crime and Violence Information System (JCO-ICVIS), policy and decision making for the
which is an instrument that brings together all primary development of improved citizen
data sources to improve the quality of crime and security and crime prevention
violence statistics. In order to facilitate the creation measures. This is being achieved
and maintenance of the JCO-ICVIS, the Fund provided through the development of the
technical assistance, equipment, software, human Jamaica Crime Observatory Integrated
resources support and training to the Ministry of
National Security and its partners. It is envisioned that
the use of this data will directly influence the design
and implementation of evidence-based strategies and
policies to boost peaceful co-existence and citizen
security in Jamaica.

Through these varied measures, focused on research,
technical assistance, social interventions and
infrastructure upgrading, JSIF has, for the past 20 years,
consistently supported national objectives around
crime prevention and public safety, and aims to do so
for the foreseeable future.

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