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NYC Experiment to Send Clinicians Instead of Cops Sees Early Success

What To Know Today NYC program that sends mental health specialists to some 911 calls shows early success. Last month, the city launched B-HEARD, a pilot program in northern Manhattan that dispatches clinicians and paramedics instead of police to certain nonviolent…

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Oakland’s Bet on Community Gun Violence Prevention

What To Know Today Drawing funding from police, Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention gets $17 million. Will it be enough? The city office formed in 2017, but got its first significant funding only this June. Its leader, Guillermo Cespedes,…

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The Disparities in Gun Possession Cases

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: After two decades helping victims through tragedy, a grocery store shooting brought her work home. Stephanie Rudy has volunteered as a victim advocate with the Boulder Police Department for more than…

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Raising Clearance Rates → Preventing Violence

What To Know Today How to improve police clearance rates of shootings. Across the country, police departments rarely arrest or charge someone in shooting cases, even for fatal ones. A new report from the Manhattan Institute’s…

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Can the ATF Handle Biden’s Pistol Brace Rule?

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Biden’s pistol brace rule would put pressure on an already strained ATF division. In June, three months after the popular gun accessory was used in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado,…

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Tragedy From Coast to Coast

What To Know Today A violent weekend sees tragedy unfold coast to coast, including at a Major League Baseball game. From Friday night through Sunday night, a string of 12 mass shootings left 11 people dead…

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$1 Billion a Year to Treat Shootings

What To Know Today At least $1 billion per year: the annual cost of treating gun injuries in American hospitals. The estimate comes from the Government Accountability Office, which produced a 53-page report after a request…

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Why Gunmakers Might Be Nervous About a 22-year-old Lawsuit

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Why gunmakers might be nervous about a 22-year-old lawsuit. In 1999, the city of Gary brought a lawsuit against a bevy of gunmakers, alleging that industry defendants’ general distribution and marketing practices…

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Federal Court Imperils Age-Based Gun Restrictions

What To Know Today Federal court knocks down ban on handgun sales to adults under 21. In a divided 2-1 opinion, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that rules preventing federally licensed firearms dealers…

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The White House Pushes Its Crime Prevention Plan

What To Know Today The White House touts its crime prevention strategy by highlighting localities that have used stimulus funds. Following the release last month of the administration’s five-point crime prevention strategy, President Joe Biden’s domestic…

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Top Senate Dem Calls for NRA Probe

What To Know Today Chuck Schumer says the DOJ should investigate the NRA for fraud. During a Sunday news conference with reporters, the Senate majority leader said the National Rifle Association should face serious scrutiny for…

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More Money, More Violence Prevention

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Few know of Illinois’ victim compensation program  — fewer end up with funding. Under the federal Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, Congress disperses millions each year to compensate crime victims through…

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Surveilling Protest Under the Guise of Preventing Gun Violence

What To Know Today Chicago police used a gun violence prevention center to monitor protests last summer. In May 2020, Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown announced the creation of the Summer Operations Center (SOC), a hub where citywide agencies…

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Introducing ‘Aftershocks,’ Our Series About Life After a Shooting

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Introducing “Aftershocks,” a series about surviving gun violence in Chicago. For the roughly 83 percent of people who have survived the city’s 30,000+ shootings in the past decade — most of…

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’12 Hours of Nonstop Chaos’: Another Violent Holiday Weekend

What To Know Today Study: More gun dealers, more intimate partner homicide. Researchers from the University of Denver and Rutgers found that cities with more federally licensed firearms dealers had a heightened risk level for intimate…