With gun violence on the rise in major cities across the country, including New York City, elected officials are scrambling to come up with solutions.
, a nonprofit that identifies and tracks gun incidents through police reports, news items and other sources.Police officers at a crime scene where a person was shot and killed in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2022.
The agency will also strengthen its multi-state task forces that are tasked with targeting the Iron Pipeline -- the illegal flow of guns from the South, which has fewer restrictions on gun sales, to locations in the North. "The answer is not to defund the police; it’s to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors,” Biden said during his New York City visit.to states and localities to expand on programs that help troubled youths and teens, such as summer job initiatives and mental health programs., a 15-page plan that targets what he said are the root causes of gun violence in the city.
Adams said the revived unit, which will be called"Neighborhood Safety Teams," will be more transparent as the officers will have body cameras and"enhanced training and oversight."Crime scene units are seen on a closed portion of 135th Street, as members of the New York City Police Department investigate the scene where two officers were shot responding to a domestic violence call in Harlem, N.Y., Jan. 21, 2022.
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