The Trace shares findings from a new analysis identifying cities across the country that are using ShotSpotter despite averaging fewer than one shooting a month in which someone was killed or injured.
This practice led to rising violent crime, and by the early ’90s, the victims were increasingly children. On July 17, 1991, Julia Parker, a popular 17-year-old high school student in East New York, ...
Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Crime in New York City’s transit system dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row, the head of the New York ...