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In New York City, Gun Cases Fuel Growing, Unregulated DNA Database

Law Enforcement

In New York City, Gun Cases Fuel Growing, Unregulated DNA Database

The city is ramping up its efforts to collect genetic material. But the absence of oversight alarms forensic and legal experts.

Ann Givens and Robert Lewis
Gun Cases Are Notoriously Hard to Make Stick. New York Thinks It Has the Answer.

How We Fix This

Gun Cases Are Notoriously Hard to Make Stick. New York Thinks It Has the Answer.

The city has launched an ambitious program to collect DNA from every gun recovered by police. But questions remain about effectiveness, and cost.

Ann Givens and Robert Lewis
An ATF Special Agent on Joining Forces With the NYPD, How Tech Is Solving Armed Robberies, and the Case He’ll Never Forget

Q & A

An ATF Special Agent on Joining Forces With the NYPD, How Tech Is Solving Armed Robberies, and the Case He’ll Never Forget

Andrew Boss leads a 17-person task force based in the Bronx.

Ann Givens
The Vital Information Missing from New York’s Unprecedented Gun Trafficking Report

Community Violence

The Vital Information Missing from New York’s Unprecedented Gun Trafficking Report

And why the public won’t have access to it anytime soon.

Alex Yablon
Watched By 2,000 Cops, Rattled By Two More Fatal Shootings, J’ouvert Revelers Take Stock

City Limits

Watched By 2,000 Cops, Rattled By Two More Fatal Shootings, J’ouvert Revelers Take Stock

Gun violence again marred the annual pre-dawn Brooklyn street party, despite aggressive security measures implemented following the murder of a governor's aide last year.

Alex Yablon
An Illegal Gun on the Streets Is No Slam Dunk in Court

Criminal Justice

An Illegal Gun on the Streets Is No Slam Dunk in Court

To reverse a sharp decline in firearm convictions, New York City is pursuing another experiment with specialized gun courts. But making illegal weapons charges stick can be vexingly hard to do.

Jarrett Murphy
What I Learned at the NYPD’s First-Ever Active Shooter Training for Journalists

Active Shooting

What I Learned at the NYPD’s First-Ever Active Shooter Training for Journalists

According to New York's Finest, members of the U.S. media have joined clergy, school children, teachers, and shopping center patrons on the list of mass shooting targets.

Alex Yablon