3D CAC Public Safety Leadership
Policy, Advocacy & Accountability
Advancing Community Safety Through Public Voice, Public Trust, and Public Action
For 45 years, the Third District Citizens Advisory Council has served as an independent community advisory body, public safety partner, and nonprofit civic organization working to strengthen safety, trust, and accountability across Washington, DC’s Third District.
Our policy, advocacy, and accountability work is grounded in the lived experiences of residents, businesses, seniors, youth, faith leaders, returning citizens, survivors, families, neighborhood leaders, and community partners across PSAs 301–308.
3D CAC believes that public safety is not built by enforcement alone. It is built through prevention, transparency, community education, accurate data, responsible leadership, victim and survivor support, reentry pathways, crisis response, accountability, and sustained resident engagement.
This page serves as the central hub for 3D CAC’s public policy positions, safety education, legislative advocacy, public testimony, community accountability work, and issue-based priorities.
Our Policy Framework
3D CAC’s policy and advocacy work is guided by a simple principle:
A safer community requires both protection and justice.
We support public safety strategies that reduce harm, strengthen trust, prevent violence, support survivors, address root causes, expand opportunity, and hold systems accountable to the residents they serve.
- Community safety and violence prevention
- Public safety education and resident preparedness
- Alternatives to incarceration and restorative accountability
- Trauma-informed crisis response
- Reentry support and family stability
- Accurate crime data and transparent reporting
- Youth safety and safe passage
- Gun violence prevention
- Disability and accessibility advocacy
- Housing stability and neighborhood conditions
- Economic opportunity, employment, and workforce pathways
- Interagency coordination and government accountability
Featured Policy Statement
Public Policy Position Statement: Community Safety, Justice, and Accountability
This statement outlines 3D CAC’s position on justice, safety, alternatives to incarceration, crisis response, trauma-informed practices, reentry support, data accuracy, transparency, and systemic accountability.
This statement reflects 3D CAC’s belief that lasting safety is built block by block, neighbor by neighbor, through prevention, accountability, investment, coordination, and trust.
Advocacy Priorities
Community Safety and Violence Prevention
3D CAC advocates for public safety strategies that prevent harm before it occurs, strengthen neighborhood-level response, and support residents directly affected by violence, disorder, trauma, and unsafe conditions.
Public Safety Education
3D CAC provides residents, businesses, seniors, youth, Block Captains, and community leaders with practical safety education, preparedness tools, reporting guidance, and information that helps communities respond effectively and responsibly.
Justice and Accountability
3D CAC supports a justice system rooted in fairness, transparency, rehabilitation, accuracy, and public trust. We advocate for accountability at every level of the public safety and justice system.
Legislative and Policy Engagement
3D CAC engages with public officials, agencies, partners, and community stakeholders to support policy solutions that improve safety, strengthen services, reduce harm, and address the root causes of instability.
Data Accuracy and Public Oversight
Reliable public safety data is a community safety function. 3D CAC supports accurate crime data, transparent reporting, public accountability, and responsible follow-up from agencies and public safety partners.
Resident Voice and Civic Participation
3D CAC believes residents must have meaningful access to the public safety decisions that affect their blocks, corridors, schools, homes, businesses, and families.
How 3D CAC Advances Accountability
3D CAC advances accountability through structured community engagement, documented follow-up, agency coordination, and resident-centered public safety leadership.
- Monthly Public Safety Leaders Meetings
- Community questions and documented follow-up
- Public safety briefings and resident updates
- PSA-level engagement across PSAs 301–308
- Standing task forces and corridor-based response
- Block Captain training and neighborhood reporting
- Public safety newsletters and community education
- Agency coordination and issue tracking
- Testimony, policy statements, and public advocacy
- Follow-up with MPD, District agencies, elected officials, and community partners
Why This Work Matters
Public safety is strongest when residents know what is happening, understand how systems work, have clear ways to report concerns, and can hold institutions accountable.
3D CAC’s role is to help ensure that community voice is not treated as an afterthought. We bring resident concerns, public safety conditions, neighborhood data, agency follow-up, and lived experience into the spaces where decisions are made.
This is community oversight in action.
Explore Our Policy, Advocacy, and Accountability Work
Public Policy Position Statement
3D CAC’s adopted position on community safety, justice, accountability, alternatives to incarceration, crisis response, reentry support, and transparency.
Safety Education and Legislation
3D CAC’s public safety education and legislative advocacy for a safer and healthier Washington, DC.
Gun Violence Prevention
Advocacy, education, and community coordination focused on reducing gun violence and strengthening neighborhood safety.
Community Emergency Preparedness
Resources and education to help residents, businesses, seniors, families, and neighborhood leaders prepare for emergencies and safety concerns.
Block Captain Education
Practical public safety learning, reporting guidance, neighborhood observation, preparedness, and leadership development for Block Captains and community leaders.
Meeting Recaps and Follow-Up (Block Captain Access Subscription Required)
Public safety meeting summaries, resident questions, agency responses, and accountability follow-up from 3D CAC meetings and community discussions.
Contact 3D CAC
3D CAC — Third District Citizens Advisory Council
Metropolitan Police Department | Washington, DC
PSAs 301–308 | Serving the District Since 1981
Email: 3DCACDC@gmail.com
Phone: (202) 854-1620
Website: www.3DCAC.org
Guided by Justice | Service | Accountability | Excellence | Protection | Respect