Shmira Public Safety
A Community, Protecting the Community
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Shmira Public Safety was established as a response to the rise in crime, specifically to those that affected the businesses and families of the heavily Jewish-populated areas that we primarily serve. Over the years, many individuals, groups, and organizations, including the original Shmira Civilian Patrol, Shomrim, and others, began patrolling the community to address the increased rioting, looting, and aggressive panhandling, as well as the increase in robberies, muggings, and hate incidents, that were affecting the quality of life and intimidating residents and tourists alike.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Public Safety
Shmira Public Safety was established as response to the rise in crime, specifically to those that effected the businesses and families of the heavily Jewish populated areas that we primarily serve. Over the years many individuals, groups and organizations, including the original Shmira Civilian Patrol, Shomrim, and others, began patrolling the community to address the increased rioting, looting, and aggressive panhandling, as well as the increase in robberies, muggings, and hate incidents, that were affecting the quality of life and intimidating residents and tourists alike.
Shmira Public Safety has built upon those early efforts and incorporated them into a unified professional organization, providing training, accountability, and focus. In addition to providing an overt presence of trained uniformed volunteers throughout our community, Shmira Public Safety has been focused on increasing its relationships and working in tandem with Law Enforcement and community leaders.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new donors
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Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Public Safety
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Based on donor Records
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Shmira Public Safety has built upon those early efforts and incorporated them into a unified professional organization, providing training, accountability, and focus. In addition to providing an overt presence of trained uniformed volunteers throughout our community, Shmira Public Safety has been focused on increasing its relationships and working in tandem with Law Enforcement and other Public Safety organizations in our area. We strongly believe that the more we work together, the more we can all do for our community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Shmira volunteers monitor the areas we serve, respond to reports of suspicious activity, and liaise with the police and other appropriate authorities.
We offer the following services to meet that goal:
Neighborhood Crime Watch
Community Event Standby
Local Business Crime Watch
Community Education
Search and Rescue Missions
Weekend Watch Program
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Shmira Public Safety operates a 24-hour Call center and utilizes a modern radio communications system to connect with our field members when a request for assistance is received.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
in 2023, we established a new recruiting program and new training program and updated our operational guidelines and procedures. We also began to use a fundraising platform with online donation capabilities. We used those funds to procure the new radio system, update equipment and uniforms, and distribute safety products to the community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve
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Shmira Public Safety
Board of directorsas of 01/10/2024
Ari Stock
Shmira Public Safety
Sholom Yemini
Yoni Celnik
Joseph Paknoush
Dave Bacall
Dan Braum
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.