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CURiM (Collaborative Urban Risk Management platform)
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It contemplates security through participation: city as a network, citizens as sensors and reporters
Citizens can use it to evaluate urban risks, report incivilities, evaluate an offence or crime they have witnessed and chat with other inhabitants
It provides policymakers of the Municipality and the Local Council for Crime Prevention (of which the local police is a member) with up-to-date information regarding the local security situation and enables the creation of tailored, evidence-based policies, and to visualise risks through a geospatial mapping
Victim Support Unit
The baseline assessment allowed for a comprehensive understanding of victimisation factors and to design the creation of the Victim Support Unit, which provides with: psychological, social and legal counseling
The Local Council for Crime Prevention members contributed to the creation of the Victim Support Unit so it can respond with accuracy to identified needs in Piraeus. For an enhanced and sustainable impact, both entities work closely, bringing together the local security stakeholders
Its action is based on three principles:
