Science Committee Member David Weisburd quoted in article, Baton Rouge leaders tout targeted approach to illegal guns; 127 confiscated this summer

Sep 06, 2019

Baton Rouge police have embraced a targeted approach to fighting crime — focusing on individual street corners and addresses — during an initiative this summer that resulted in several hundred gun and drug arrests.

Department leaders announced the results of “Operation Pinpoint” at a press conference Friday morning, saying they used technology to map out problematic places across the city, in particular areas where reports of shots fired are most common. Read more.

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