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Incident based reports involving firearms in targeted neighborhoodsPolice Department |
Description
The use of firearms in the commission of crime ranges from displaying firearms as a means of intimidation, firing shots into the air, and shooting persons in acts of violence.
Categories of incident based reports that capture the use of firearms include Shots Fired, Aggravated Assault, Robbery, and Homicide among other various weapons law offenses.
The neighborhoods targeted for special observation here are those very same ones observed for disorder calls-for-service: Downtown, Fifeville, Prospect/Orangedale Ave, and Westhaven. They have been singled out in the past by department executives in cooperation with city council for special attention.
Analysis
While reported incidents involving firearms are few, and in the case of Fifeville and Prospect/Orangedale at zero for the latest quarter, the number of incidents remains within the normal, expected range based on past data. There are currently no articulable patterns or trends.