Fight Crime Invest in Kids America must cut the pipeline that funnels young people into lives of crime and violence. We take a hard-nosed look at research on what keeps kids from becoming criminals and put that information in the hands of policy-makers and the public.
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ABOUT US

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is a national, bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors.

Our national office is in Washington, DC. We have state offices in California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington.

Our members include the top law enforcement leaders in the country, including presidents of many state and national law enforcement associations. Among our crime survivor members are the parents of children killed at Columbine and other school shooting sites, survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing, and many others whose tragic encounters with crime are well known.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids takes a hard nosed look at crime prevention strategies, informs the public and policymakers about those findings, and urges investment in programs proven effective by research. Our organization focuses on high quality early education programs, prevention of child abuse and neglect, after-school programs for children and teens, and interventions to get troubled kids back on track. We do not fund or operate any direct service programs for children.

Funding for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids comes from private foundations, corporations and individuals. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids receives no funds from federal, state or local governments.

Board of Directors

Gil Kerlikowske, Board Chairman, Chief of Police, Seattle, WA

Edward A. Flynn, Police Commissioner, Springfield, MA

Gilbert G. Gallegos, Retired Chief of Police, Albuquerque, NM

Janice Grieshaber, Executive Director, the Jenna Foundation for Non-Violence

Ellen Halbert, Director, Victim Witness Assistance Division, Austin (TX) District Attorney's Office

Patrick V. Murphy, Former Police Commissioner New York City, Washington, DC, Syracuse, Detroit

Mark Westrum, Sheriff, Sagadahoc County, ME

Sanford A. Newman, J.D., Founder, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

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David S. Kass, President

Amy Dawson Taggart, Vice President

Jeff Kirsch, Vice President

Miriam A. Rollin, Vice President

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