2aguy
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This is how you lower the gun crime rate, you focus on criminals who will use guns to shoot each other or to commit other crimes...this is actually how you lower gun crime....you don't lower gun crime by going after law abiding people who have guns for sport, hunting and self defense, you know, the ones not using guns to commit crimes...
Gun violence rates fall in Erie
He said it’s difficult to gauge exactly what’s behind the decline, but credited the Erie police’s efforts to focus on individuals on the fringes of criminal activity and networks of people engaged in crime.
Young people have been invited to the call-ins, which are held at local churches, based on their association with people involved in these criminal networks, or gangs. Those who attend are offered help from case managers with the Erie County Re-Entry Services and Support Alliance, which organizes the call-ins with the Unified Erie anti-violence campaign.
Participants also received a warning from law enforcement officials that those who refuse the help and continue in criminal activity, and those connected to them, will receive increased attention from police.
“The overarching message of the call-in is ‘We know who you are, we know what you’re up to, and here’s your opportunity to stop,’” Daneri said.
Erie Police Chief Dan Spizarny, who assumed command of the 173-member city police force on Tuesday, said the department will continue what it has been doing in support of the Unified Erie initiative. That includes providing the raw data used to identify those likely to become involved in criminal activity, including gun violence.
Gun violence rates fall in Erie
He said it’s difficult to gauge exactly what’s behind the decline, but credited the Erie police’s efforts to focus on individuals on the fringes of criminal activity and networks of people engaged in crime.
Young people have been invited to the call-ins, which are held at local churches, based on their association with people involved in these criminal networks, or gangs. Those who attend are offered help from case managers with the Erie County Re-Entry Services and Support Alliance, which organizes the call-ins with the Unified Erie anti-violence campaign.
Participants also received a warning from law enforcement officials that those who refuse the help and continue in criminal activity, and those connected to them, will receive increased attention from police.
“The overarching message of the call-in is ‘We know who you are, we know what you’re up to, and here’s your opportunity to stop,’” Daneri said.
Erie Police Chief Dan Spizarny, who assumed command of the 173-member city police force on Tuesday, said the department will continue what it has been doing in support of the Unified Erie initiative. That includes providing the raw data used to identify those likely to become involved in criminal activity, including gun violence.
