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The Proactive Alliance policing concept was featured in an article published by IACP Police Chief magazine.


https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/proactive-alliance-ethos-broken-windows/

COPS Office Toolkit

The Arlington Restaurant Initiative: A Nightlife Policing Strategy to Improve Safety and Economic Viability


Safe Night's Dimitrios (Jim) Mastoras authored a new US DOJ COPS Office Toolkit called The Arlington Restaurant Initiative: A Nightlife Policing Strategy to Improve Safety and Economic Viability. The publication was released to assist other municipalities incorporate the relationship-based approach to managing nightlife and improving safety.


Abstract:  The Arlington County (Virginia) Police Department (ACPD) has instituted the Arlington Restaurant Initiative, a voluntary accreditation system based on Best Bar None - a program designed to establish and promote relationships between restaurants and bars, local authorities, and the community by promoting responsible alcohol management - that originated in Manchester, UK, in 2003. This publication describes the ACPD's work to change its policing approach in the popular Clarendon nightlife area from a focus on enforcement to a focus on prevention. It also discusses a research analysis of the program conducted by the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University.

Publication Date: 10/25/2019
Author(s): Dimitrios Mastoras

Link to publication: https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P372

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Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

OECD - OPSI Case Study

The Arlington Restaurant Initiative (ARI) is a voluntary accreditation program which aims to increase safety and economic viability for restaurants and special events in Arlington County, VA. Using the Proactive Alliance relationship-based approach, the police partnered with county agencies to establish a holistic approach to nightlife management and raise standards of restaurants that serve alcohol. ARI has been successful in reducing alcohol-related violence and building mutually-beneficial relationships with stakeholders.



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