(Washington, DC) – On Tuesday, May 1, at 3 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will kick off the Summer Crime Prevention Initiative and celebrate the 10,000th security camera funded through the Private Security Camera Incentive Program. In 2016, Mayor Bowser launched the Private Security Camera Incentive Program which provides rebates for the purchase, installation, and registration of a security camera system on the exterior of a building owned or leased by a DC resident, business, nonprofit, or religious institution. Over the past two years, the program has received over 4,500 applications and provided over $1.5 million in rebates.
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 1, at 3 pm
WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Kevin Donahue, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
Michelle Garcia, Director, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
Chanel Dickerson, Assistant Chief of Patrol Services South, Metropolitan Police Department
WHERE:
100 Block of Division Avenue, NE
(Between Ames Street, NE and Blaine Street, NE)
*Closest Metro: Benning Road Metro Station*
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).