ABOUT US
WHAT WE ARE.
The Nashville Police + Public Safety Alliance is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by a board of directors. It aims to create a safer Nashville through initiatives that engage our community, businesses, and nonprofits to prevent crime, introduce innovation and best practices, and help build the best police department in the nation.
The Nashville Safety Alliance is independent, nonpartisan, and not a policy advocate. Our sole focus is on improving public safety in Nashville. This stance ensures that our work is free from any political bias and that our efforts are solely directed towards our mission.
WHY?
Over six months, our founding committee spoke with diverse Nashville leaders about public safety, its importance to the community, and whether we would want to work together on its continuous improvement. We found great interest and value in elevating and improving public safety. We determined that an independent, nonprofit alliance would be the best facilitator to bring the Nashville community and police together in this effort.
While crime response is the responsibility of the Metro Nashville Police Department, the crucial task of crime prevention and improving public safety falls on the shoulders of our community. The autonomy of the Nashville Safety Alliance empowers us to connect the community's voice with the MNPD, identify opportunities, find common ground, facilitate collaboration, and establish programs that will help improve public safety in our city. This underscores the significant role each member of our community plays in ensuring our safety.
HOW?
The Nashville Alliance is deeply committed to transparency, innovation, and collaboration. Improving public safety requires collaboration between our community and law enforcement agencies. We will identify, facilitate, and celebrate community partnerships and projects with the MNPD that enhance public safety.
The path we intend to follow to meet our community’s public safety needs and create a safer Nashville can be summarized as follows:
1. Conduct ongoing research and data collection
2. Identify and prioritize public safety issues to be addressed and potential solutions
3. Identify community partners, such as businesses and nonprofits, to participate in projects addressing identified needs
4. Facilitate collaboration and relationship-building between community partners and MNPD
5. Lead development and implementation of collaborative public safety projects between the alliance, community partners, and police
6. Ongoing support, measurement, evaluation, and publicity of projects
WHAT WE MEAN BY PUBLIC SAFETY.
Public safety, in its broadest sense, encompasses the welfare and protection of a society and its members. The term covers a wide range of services and functions aimed at ensuring the well-being and security of the public.
As our name suggests, the Nashville Police + Public Safety Alliance seeks to operate at the intersection of public safety and police work. Alliance initiatives will be designed to create a safer Nashville by, for example, supporting crime prevention, investing in better policing, and fostering connections and dialogue between police and the community.