Detroit Police Department’s ‘Project Green Light’ Receives 2017 IJIS Institute Innovation Award
Ashburn, Va., March 7, 2017 – The IJIS Institute – a nonprofit organization, focused on mission-critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security – is pleased to announce Project Green Light Detroit as the recipient of the 2017 IJIS Institute Innovation Award. The award celebrates the accomplishments of Detroit Police Department (DPD) along with industry partner, Motorola Solutions. The award was presented at the Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner on March 2, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.
The DPD partnered with eight gas stations initially that have now expanded to over 50 businesses that installed real-time camera connections with police headquarters as part of a groundbreaking crime-fighting partnership between local businesses, the City of Detroit and community groups called “Project Green Light Detroit.” Project Green Light is the first public-private-community partnership of its kind, blending a mix of real-time crime-fighting and community policing aimed at improving neighborhood safety, promoting the revitalization and growth of local businesses, and strengthening DPD’s efforts to deter, identify, and solve crime. According to the Detroit Project Green Light website, “Incidents of violent crime have been reduced by 50% among the first group of businesses to enter the program.”
Steve Ambrosini, executive director of the IJIS Institute, said, “Detroit Police Department and Motorola Solutions are to be commended for their creative use of technology in the Project Green Light Detroit. The project demonstrates a high level of innovation that allows police to respond quickly to ongoing incidents, and to clear them in a more efficient manner after the incident. Moreover, connecting business cameras to the PD makes for a safer environment in high crime neighborhoods. It showcases what public and private sector cooperation can do to further the safety and security of our communities when they interact, brainstorm and work with each other.”
Honorable Mentions for the IJIS Institute Innovation Award are:
Fairfax County Broadband Interoperability Project – Department of Information Technology, Fairfax County, Virginia; Industry Partner: AT&T Government Services
Panic Button Pilot Program – SNOPAC911 Emergency Communications, Snohomish County, Washington; Industry Partner: Rave Mobile Safety
The annual IJIS Institute Innovation Award recognizes technical innovation that has contributed significantly to the advancement of integration and interoperability in justice, public safety or homeland security. The award, which is open to any company providing justice, public safety, or homeland security solutions, is for team achievement with an industry partner and a Federal, state, local, or tribal agency. For more information about the award, please visit http://www.ijis.org/?page=Awards. Nominations for the 2018 Innovation Award will be accepted beginning in September 2017.
During the Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner, awards were presented to IJIS 10-year members to recognize their long- term commitment and contributions to the Institute. This year’s honorees were Computer Projects of Illinois, Inc., Esri, IBM, Niche Technology, Inc., and Analysts International Corp.
About the IJIS Institute
The IJIS Institute unites the private and public sectors to improve mission-critical information sharing and safeguarding for those who protect and serve our communities. The IJIS Institute provides training, technical assistance, national scope issue management, and program management services to help government fully realize the power of information sharing. Founded in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with national headquarters on The George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, the IJIS Institute has grown to over 400 member companies and individual associates from government, non-profit, and educational institutions from across the United States. For more information, visit our website at: http://www.ijis.org/; follow us on Twitter @ijisinstitute; read the IJIS Factor Blog; or, join us on LinkedIn at Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing.