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The Daily Bulletin December 22, 2021
What To Know Today

Philadelphia may get a new police unit targeting nonfatal shootings. While nothing has been announced, local CBS Eyewitness News reports that the Police Department is readying the launch of a new unit that will include 40 detectives and collaborate with the department’s homicide division. A focus on nonfatal shootings echoes recommendations from criminologists on how to effectively curb violence. Crime researcher Anthony Braga wrote in a recent study that ​“effective investigation of shootings can help prevent further cascades of gun violence in cities by deterring retaliation and incapacitating violent individuals who could persist in their crimes…

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