Operation Peacekeeper Rating Changed from Effective to Promising

 

This is a focused-deterrence policing initiative designed to reduce gun homicide in Stockton, Calif., by providing gang-involved youth with positive alternatives to violence. The program is rated Promising. The intervention was associated with a statistically significant 42 percent decrease in the monthly number of gun homicides, compared with pre-intervention trends. In 2011, Operation Peacekeeper received a rating of Effective based on a review of a single study. A 2020 re-review of the same study, using the updated CrimeSolutions Program Scoring Instrument, in the program receiving a new rating of Promising. LEARN MORE