NCJ Number
217248
Date Published
2006
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This issue features four articles focusing on State and local law enforcement efforts in crime prevention.
Abstract
In Arizona, after years of effort on the part of the law enforcement gang unit and the Yuma County Attorney’s Office, a Yuma gang leader is behind bars and a neighborhood is feeling safe again. In Baltimore, MD, the police are fighting crime with old-fashioned ideas fashioned in new ways, like the Safe Zone Project. The Project targets high-crime districts for 1 month’s time. In New York, tribute was paid to Captain Timothy Laun of the Syracuse Police Department, a long-time supporter and advocate of the Weed and Seed strategy. Lastly, in New York, the Yonkers Police Department’s Gun Tracing Program led detectives to the owner of a gun used in the murder of police officer in Virginia. The program was a result of the Weed and Seed planning process which identified gun trafficking as a major local problem in Yonkers. This issue on Creating Safer Communities focuses on law enforcement efforts to keep communities safe and honor those lost while protecting local communities.