{"id":123059,"date":"2025-08-06T07:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/123059\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:47:15","slug":"gang-takedowns-gun-seizures-and-precision-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/123059\/","title":{"rendered":"gang takedowns, gun seizures and precision policing"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City\u2019s all-time record low shootings and gun violence<\/a> milestone revealed this week is no accident.<\/p>\n

The NYPD and city officials, along with crime experts, agreed that a combination of efforts \u2014 including cracking down on gangs and illegal guns and zeroing in on high-crime areas \u2014 led to the Big Apple\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n

Christopher Herrmann, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, noted the good news for New York is also part of a nationwide reversal of the rise in violent crimes seen across the US during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The hard-fought efforts from the NYPD and other city officials have led the Big Apple to see record lows in shootings and gun violence. James Keivom<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a good spot,\u201d Herrmann, a former NYPD crime analyst supervisor, told The Post Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think one person can pat themselves on the back,\u201d he added, pointing out \u201cthere are so many factors\u201d that contributed to the downward trend.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the main factors cited by experts and police officials:<\/p>\n

New York City has seen a surge in gang busts with 48 gang-related takedowns in 2025. James Keivom<\/p>\n

Gang takedowns<\/p>\n

The Big Apple has seen a record number of gang busts this year.<\/p>\n

So far, there have been 48 gang-related takedowns, with 347 gang members arrested and 236 illegal guns recovered, police officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more guns we take off the street, the more gun arrests we do, the less guns we see, the less shooting at citizen street victims,\u201d an NYPD spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

Police officials said as a result of the takedowns, 347 gang members have been arrested, which led to the confiscation of 236 illegal guns. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are going directly after the folks who we know are driving violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Progressive City Council members, however, have pushed a bill to abolish the NYPD\u2019s gang database<\/a>, arguing that in general it stigmatize minorities and ensnare innocent people simply because of the color their skin.<\/p>\n

But a law-enforcement source argued the drop in gun violence proves the database\u2019s value.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great example of success when we use the proper tools like the gang database to hone in on the actual violent criminals instead of just casting a wide net and hoping something sticks,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

This year, approximately 3,200 illegal guns have been taken off the street, while during Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 tenure in office, about 23,000 total guns were confiscated. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

Illegal gun seizures<\/p>\n

NYPD officers have taken nearly 3,200 illegal guns off the streets so far this year, police officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t have shooters if people don\u2019t have guns,\u201d Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> said Monday in an event highlighting the crime statistics.<\/p>\n

Roughly 23,000 guns have been taken off the street since Adams took office.<\/p>\n

Data and precision policing<\/p>\n

Like tempers, gun violence flares during the hot summer months \u2014 but not so far this year.<\/p>\n

NYPD officials credit \u201cprecision policing\u201d \u2014 essentially, following data and flooding high-crime areas with cops \u2014 with keeping blood off the streets.<\/p>\n

Shootings have gone down more than 50% in 70 different areas that the NYPD has designated as \u201csummer zones\u201d since May 5, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur summer violence reduction zones are emblematic of our precision policing model,\u201d an NYPD spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we see there are areas of high shootings, that\u2019s where we deploy our summer violence reduction zones.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s all-time record low shootings and gun violence milestone revealed this week is no accident. The…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,5289,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,7207,3677,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-123059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-eric-adams","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nypd","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-shootings","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114980719360927751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}