Cracking Down on Violent Crime

To address violent crime, Councilmember Brown has supported funding that:

1. •Added 350 additional officers to the force for increased foot neighborhood patrols; and
   

2. •Installed cameras on city streets as an additional deterrent to crime in our neighborhoods.
   

To create a larger strategy for dealing with crime, Brown authored the Comprehensive Homicide Elimination Strategy Task Force Act of 2006 (B16-907). The law creates a task force that provides policy recommendations on how the District government and non-government partners may accomplish the goals of ending murders in DC.

Aiding Victims of Domestic Violence

In 2005, Councilmember Brown authored the Victims of Domestic Violence Establishment Fund Act (A16-71), which resulted in:

1. •$6.5 million in the FY 2006 Budget Support Act, tripling the number of shelter beds for domestic abuse victims in the District of Columbia from 48 to 150 beds, including $1 million for My Sister’s Place to complete an important expansion project.
   

2. •The release of $4.5 million from the Victims Assistance Fund for emergency shelter beds for abused women and children.
   

Other Crime Legislation

1. •Intra-Family Offenses Act of 2007 (B17-55)
   

2. •Gun Free Zone Act of 2007 (B17-171)
   

3. •Drug Free Zone Designation Clarification Amendment Act of 2007 (B17-172)
   

4. •Enhanced Professional Security Amendment Act of 2007 (B17-199)

Kwame R. Brown

Councilmember At-Large