Violence Reduction

Syracuse Truce on CNN

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Syracuse Truce on CNN

Last night, the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer featured a story on Syracuse Truce (3:30 minutes), an innovative collaboration between law enforcement, social service agencies and the community.  Syracuse Truce is designed to reduce gun crime and gang violence. The message of Syracuse Truce is simple: if you or someone in your gang engages in gun violence, the entire gang will be held responsible.

Syracuse Truce is based on a careful analysis of what is causing violence in Syracuse. The violence in Syracuse is driven by a very small population of people – less than 1% of the population – involved in drug crews, gangs, and other street groups. Syracuse Truce directly focuses on the individuals engaged in this behavior.  As such, it represents the most cost-efficientive way of dealing with gun violence.

Syracuse Truce: Focused Deterrence & Gun Violence Reduction

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Syracuse Truce: Focused Deterrence & Gun Violence Reduction

“Syracuse Truce” is an evidence-based strategy designed to significantly reduce gang and group related homicides and non-fatal shootings in Syracuse. Syracuse Truce is a collaboration between law enforcement and community service agencies that will infuse the area with a new standard of zero-tolerance regarding gun violence. The project is an outgrowth of the federal Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative in the Northern District of New York. Through collaboration with the United States Attorney’s Office, the Gifford Foundation is the recipient of a $300,000 federal grant that will fund this initiative. This project is one of nine awarded nationally from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program.

This gang violence reduction initiative is based on focused deterrence. It is implemented through focusing increased enforcement activities on the small number of offenders who are responsible for a disproportionate share of gun violence, particularly the members of local violent groups/gangs. This increased enforcement is coupled with the provision of services needed to change lives, such as vocational training, employment assistance, substance abuse treatment and counseling.

 

http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3959092

Syracuse Truce: Focused Deterrence & Gun Violence Reduction

/ Matthew Clemente / Leave a comment

Syracuse Truce: Focused Deterrence & Gun Violence Reduction

“Syracuse Truce” is an evidence-based strategy designed to significantly reduce gang and group related homicides and non-fatal shootings in Syracuse. Syracuse Truce is a collaboration between law enforcement and community service agencies that will infuse the area with a new standard of zero-tolerance regarding gun violence. The project is an outgrowth of the federal Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative in the Northern District of New York. Through collaboration with the United States Attorney’s Office, the Gifford Foundation is the recipient of a $300,000 federal grant that will fund this initiative. This project is one of nine awarded nationally from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program.

This gang violence reduction initiative is based on focused deterrence. It is implemented through focusing increased enforcement activities on the small number of offenders who are responsible for a disproportionate share of gun violence, particularly the members of local violent groups/gangs. This increased enforcement is coupled with the provision of services needed to change lives, such as vocational training, employment assistance, substance abuse treatment and counseling.

 

http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3959092