Major Initiatives

1. Operation Impact III
The Office of the Albany County District Attorney and other local, state, and federal agencies are teaming up in a cooperative effort to reduce gun crimes on the streets of Albany.

• Overview
• Community Strategies
• Enforcement Strategies
• Offender Strategies
• Prosecution Strategies

2. Community Accountability Board (Click here for more information)
The Community Accountability Board (CAB) is a community based alternative sentencing program for non-violent first-time, offenders of quality of life crimes. In CAB proceedings, instead of going to City Court, offenders report to a group of local community leaders and they negotiate an appropriate sentence for the offense.

3. Safe Homes - Safe Streets (Click here for more information PDF) (More Information MS Word) The Safe Homes – Safe Streets Initiative is designed to create a partnership between landlords, tenants, homeowners, and law enforcement to eliminate the criminal element that conducts its illegal activities within private dwellings through an aggressive use of the power of eviction. It consists of three elements: Landlord Training, the Trespass Affidavit Program and the Narcotics Eviction Program.

• Landlord Training (Click here for more information)
  To conduct Landlord Training, the District Attorney’s Office is establishing a series of workshops on how landlords can improve the value of their properties. The District Attorney’s Office will work with existing landlords to supply the following kinds of support: tenant screening; model applications and “zero tolerance” leases; eviction assistance; and interagency cooperation. These training sessions are free to anyone interested and will be held monthly.
• Trespass Affidavit Program (Click here for more information)
  The Trespass Affidavit Program is designed to fight against individuals loitering on posted property. Property owners interested in posting their property will have to sign an affidavit and complete a form listing all registered tenants for that property. These forms must then be mailed with a check or money order for $5.29 per sign to the District Attorney’s Office. Upon doing so, the District Attorney’s Office will provide signs that will notify the public that no trespassing is permitted. If law enforcement comes upon an individual who is not registered to be in the building or is a not a guest of one of the registered tenants, that individual can be arrested for trespassing.
• Narcotics Eviction Program (Click here for more information)
  The Narcotics Eviction Program targets drugs dealers who have moved their activities into private apartments. Upon establishing that an illegal activity has taken place at a particular premises, the District Attorney’s Office will demand action be taken by the landlord to evict all people at that residence who knew or should have known of the illegal activity. This program works with landlords to provide technical support in the eviction process. However, in cases where the landlord fails to act in a timely manner, the District Attorney’s Office, as a law enforcement agency, will step in and execute the eviction at a Drug Holdover Proceeding.

4. Triad (Click here for more information)
Triad is the nation’s preeminent crime prevention program focusing on senior citizens.

5. Community Based Prosecution (Click here for more information)
The Community Prosecution Initiative is a pro-active, problem solving response to the chronic social and legal quality of life issues that have been proven resistant to conventional solutions.

6. Operation Speeding Bullet (Click here for more information)
Operation Speeding Bullet is a program designed to prevent defendants who used a gun in the commission of a crime or were found to have been in possession of a gun at the time of arrest from returning to the streets.

7. Check Enforcement Program (Click here for more information) (Check Enforcement Website) (Press Release)
A program to stop bad checks in Albany County.

8. Alternative Sentencing Programs (Click here for more information)
There are many non-violent crimes for which prison is not the appropriate outcome. Alternative Sentencing Programs allow for an offender to be rehabilitated rather than be incarcerated.

9. Bring It to the Courts (Click here for more information)
The Office of the District Attorney along with the Metro Mallers and the University at Albany Division 1 Men’s Basketball Team are sponsoring a series of basketball clinics and tournaments throughout the County.

10. Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft, A Manual on Phishing (Click here for more information)
Teaches the key aspects needed in preventing Identity Theft.