Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy

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The Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy (formerly the Birmingham Mayor's Office of Community Policing and Revitalization and the Birmingham Office of Community Engagement) is an administrative office of the City of Birmingham, located at 1200 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest.

The office was first created in coordination with the Birmingham Police Department and located within the East Precinct in Roebuck. Under the leadership of director Andre Watson the officers assigned to the office worked to cultivate relationships with members of the Woodlawn community to more effectively reduce prostitution and gang activities.

Those officers shifted their attentions to West End in early 2017 and the office moved to its present location, the former JCCEO Community Services office, in April 2017.

The office was restructured in 2018 by Mayor Randall Woodfin to develop and implement strategies aimed at reducing violence and promoting public health. It is patterned after Milwaukee, Wisconsin's "Blueprint for Peace".

The office is headed by Brandon Johnson. It is funded by the City and by grants, and partners with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Jefferson County Department of Health for certain programs. The office's logo refers to the West African symbol for "sankofa," expressing the importance of looking to the past as you move forward.

Programs

  • Citizens on Patrol
  • Citizens Police Academy
  • Youth Police Academy
  • Shadow Executive Program
  • Cops We Care

References

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