October 4, 2011 – With support through the Syracuse Police Department, the Finn Institute will continue to serve as the research partner to Onondaga County’s Operation IMPACT / Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) task force. The multi-agency task force formulates and implements crime reduction strategies; the research partner evaluates the effectiveness of the strategies and assists with the development of strategies. Finn Institute researchers have served as the PSN research partner in the Northern District of New York since 2002, and as the IMPACT research partner since 2004.