- In Washington, D.C., Mayor Launches “Safe Passage Program [To Help Get] Students To School Safely.” For WTOP, Jimmy Alexander reports on the $9 million investment from Mayor Muriel Bowser that “places 200 Safe Passage ambassadors in more than 129 predetermined routes to ensure students can safely travel to and from school.” The safety ambassadors, uniformed in a highly visible “recognizable green vest” are assigned to “a total of 12 priority areas” in the city and “work in partnership with schools, build relationships with school staff, students, families and community members” and patrol “in the morning as kids make their way to school, and three hours after school lets out… all year long, [and] during summer school.”
- In San Francisco, “Downtown Ambassadors Cut 911 Calls In Half.” For The San Francisco Standard, Jillian D’Onfro reports that “the ambassador program reduced safety-related 911 calls at the stations by 53%… [and] the number of calls related to violent incidents such as fights, assaults, and robberies decreased by 67%,” during a recent 3-month pilot expansion at the Embarcadero and Montgomery BART stations in the city, “helping downtown San Francisco get its groove back.”