Safe, Ready, and Working
August 17, 2026
Safety and trust belong in the same sentence
Green Bay’s 2018 State of the City paired its lowest crime rate since 1975 with work to build trust and prevent problems early.
Safety is a basic test of whether a city works. Green Bay’s 2018 State of the City reported that 2017 had the city’s lowest crime rate since 1975 and zero reportable homicides.
The report also described work meant to connect public safety with the people it serves: a Youth Coordinator, Police Explorers, Books and Badges, summer basketball, Hispanic community outreach, and Safe Parks.
It noted Police Foundation support for mounted patrol and implicit-bias training. The point is not that one program or one statistic can carry the whole case. It is that safety depends on both reliable public services and the relationships, training, and youth connections that help a city prevent problems before they grow.
Green Bay should expect both: a city that responds when help is needed and does the everyday work of earning public trust.
Why this still matters
A city earns safety by responding when people need help and investing in the relationships that prevent problems.