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Now entering its second year, the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) program requires the use of proven strategies to reduce shootings and firearm-related homicides, Cuomo said.
The initiative gives law enforcement agencies the resources to “make communities across this state safer,” the governor said.
In Dutchess, the agencies that will share a $341,211 slice of the government pie are the Poughkeepsie (city) Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office, Sheriff’s Office, and Probation Department.
The biggest chunk -- $164,805 – goes to the City of Poughkeepsie’s Police Department to target certain areas, according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal.
In Westchester County, the Yonkers and Mount Vernon police departments; District Attorney’s Office, Department of Public Safety, and Probation Department will share $1,253,049.
Rockland County agencies that will share $77,000 are the Spring Valley Police Department, Sheriff’s Office and Intelligence Center; and Probation Department.
According to Cuomo’s office, the 17 counties involved report 87 percent of the violent crime that occurs outside of New York City.
Administered by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, the initiative also provides national experts to help local agencies implement gun-violence strategies.
Among the strategies that the funding supports are the following:
- “Hot-spots”: A form of policing that uses incident reports, calls for service, and other data to target and reduce crime in specific areas.
- “Focused deterrence”: Targets repeat offenders for enhanced attention, enforcement and prosecution.
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: This strategy identifies how buildings, vacant lots, traffic patterns and other environmental factors in a neighborhood may influence criminal activity.
- Street outreach workers: People, including case managers, work in specific communities to interrupt cycles of violence or prevent retaliation.
To read the Poughkeepsie Journal article, click here.
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