Also called: Director of Community Safety, Public Safety Director (Civilian)
Leads a city office that reduces violence through community programs instead of only policing.
Violence prevention directors fund and manage outreach workers, youth programs, and hospital-based intervention teams, using data to focus on the few people and blocks driving most shootings. They work with police, schools, and community groups.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 8 years after high school. Master's in public policy, social work, or public health plus community experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Public Policy, Public Health, Social Work, Criminology.
Growing faster than average. Approximate; many cities created these offices since 2020.
Low risk for 10 years. Data tools target outreach; funding programs and earning community trust stay human.
Classes: Government / Civics, Sociology, Statistics, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9151.
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