“[A peace] operation will be much more efficient if we first have a large, robust research layer of organized crime.”—@carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social, emphasizes the importance of sustainable peace, communication, and data.

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🌐 There is an increasing global appetite for punitive and effective policies.
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.

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💡 Enrique Betancourt, Author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” shares key points from the guide, including:

This guide is PiOC’s offer of support to members & allies who are aiming to achieve meaningful violence reduction & prevention.”—Jai-Ayla Sutherland, Program Officer, Mass Violence & Atrocities at @stanleycenter.org.

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🌐 “Right now, there is growing popularity or demand for Mono Dura, or tough-on-crime approaches, particularly in the Western hemisphere. Members of Peace in Our Cities have routinely raised concerns about the increased demand for tough-on-crime approaches to public security challenges.

💬 They’ll discuss how policymakers and local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, with balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer long-term solutions for public safety challenges.

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These are harms rooted in the social and environmental systems that shape daily life in urban spaces.

🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.

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💬 Enrique Betancourt, author of the guide, & Instituto Sou da Paz's Carolina Ricardo, will explore how policymakers & local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, w/ balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer solutions for public safety challenges.

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💬 Enrique Betancourt, autor de la guía, y @carolinaricardo.bsky.social (@soudapaz.bsky.social) debatirán cómo los responsables políticos y los líderes locales pueden responder a las demandas de enfoques de seguridad represivos y severos con políticas equilibradas y basadas en los derechos humanos.

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Enrique Betancourt e @carolinaricardo.bsky.social debaterão como os políticos e os líderes locais podem responder às exigências de abordagens repressivas e severas em matéria de segurança com políticas equilibradas e baseadas nos direitos humanos que ofereçam soluções a longo prazo.

💡 Luisa highlighted successful strategies implemented by #PiOC members, including Niterói 🇧🇷; Rosário 🇦🇷; Cali 🇨🇴; and Pelotas 🇧🇷; who have all achieved significant reductions in levels of violence through the design & implementation of balanced, evidence-based, & integrated public safety interventions.

🏙️ They discussed how to build safer cities and share success cases from Latin America, in a conversation moderated by Alberto Kopittke, Executive Director of Instituto Cidade Segura.

She joined Niterói's Secretary of Public Order, Gilson Chagas; the former Secretary of Security of Bogotá, Hugo Acero; the mayor of Godoy Cruz, Diego Costarelli; and IDB's division chief - Citizen Security, Eduardo Vergara.