The Jersey City Housing Authority and Jersey City Police Department worked together to develop proactive strategies to reduce and eliminate drug trafficking and violent crime in the Curries Woods public housing development. They participated in the transformation of a crime-infested high-rise project into a more secure, gated townhouse community via the following strategies: (1) community redesign using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) techniques; (2) development of resident entry monitoring stations staffed by trained resident monitors; (3) community-police problem-solving meetings; (4) resident-management police conferences; (5) a resident-oriented Citizen Police Academy; (6) a continuous deployment of Jersey City Police Community Service Officers; (7) hiring an off-duty site-based officer using Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) funding; and (8) consistent enforcement of the "One Strike and You're Out" Public Housing Policy. References