Trust Information Programs Services (T.I.P.S.)
By: Mike Langenbacher
 TIPS began in 2008, in collaboration between Camp Good Days and
Special Times, the Rochester Police Department, and Rise Up Rochester.
Selected neighborhoods are visited and teams involving community representatives
and public employees interview residents to determine the quality of life in their
neighborhood.
 Through these interactions, community members are given a chance to interact
with the police in a positive manner, and information regarding perceptions around
crime and violence is recorded anonymously and presented to stakeholders.
 Residents are provided information on services such as health care, reporting
crime, and quality of life issues.
TIPS has visited 14 neighborhoods since 2008, and four more will be visited this
summer. The first TIPS of 2013 will be held on Thursday May 16th in Pulaski Park.
For more information or
copies of the TIPS
reports, please visit
rit.edu/cla/cpsi and look
under ‘Our Work’
Respondents are asked a number of
questions about the state of their
neighborhood and their feelings
towards the area. The charts above
combines all of the responses for the
2012 TIPS season.