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Organization and Youth Builders projects which involve collaboration among agencies and the community. Community Oriented Prosecution (COPT The Community Oriented Prosecution project is comprised of two deputy prosecuting attorneys, one investigator and one clerk. The project's goal is to develop proactive partnerships with law enforcement, the community and public and private organizations to increase community involvement in the criminal justice system. The COP team provides education, motivation, organization and mobilization to these groups and utilizes innovative approaches to address problems and to improve the quality of life in the community. Accomplishments through the first project year include: • Provided education and training on criminal law, court procedures, search and seizure,and landlord -tenant issues. • Developed with Community Police Officers (CPO) a method to identify community defendants so all parties involved in the case would be better informed and given the opportunity to provide group input regarding sentencing conditions. • Meeting with CPOs monthly to discuss community concerns and areas of accomplishments. This effort has resulted in placing barricades on dead end streets and roadways to prevent gatherings and youth parties in neighborhoods and placing speed bumps on roadways. • Participated on the Vicious Dog task force and Building Code Violation work group. • Organized and initiated meetings with the Chief of Police, Corporation Counsel, Community Empowerment Organization, and representatives from a major landowner to improve monitoring of tenants who were suspected of drug activity. • Met with Neighborhood Watch Groups in the evenings/weekends to identify community concerns, resources available, and feasibility and priority of issues. • Project deputies deputized as Special Assistant U.S. attorneys to assist in prosecuting cases involving firearms. Through these effective partnerships and activities communities take an active part in decreasing crime, feel safer and take ownership in solving their community problems. A safer community will not be a perception but a reality. Community Empowerment Organization (CEO) The CEO project is a federally funded demonstration project that ends in April 2003. It's mission has been, "To create and enhance safe and healthy communities through diverse partnerships". Each of the nine judicial districts has had a contract facilitator who is a community member with a background in involvement with local issues and an ability to conduct meetings and communicate at a grass roots level. Working closely with the Prosecutor's Office, Community Policing Officers in each district, and with Neighborhood Watch chapters island wide community problems have been identified and 14