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Gainesville Police report declines in several violent-crime categories but stress ongoing gun-violence response and recruiting progress
Summary
Chief Nelson Moya reported decreases in violent and property crimes for the quarter but noted upticks in aggravated battery reports and ongoing investigations into recent fatal shootings; GPD highlighted gun-violence unit activity, crisis co-responder work, and an improving recruiting pipeline.
Gainesville Police Chief Nelson Moya presented the department’s second-quarter statistics on May 1, reporting year-over-year declines in many violent- and property-crime categories while cautioning that recent shootings and homicides remain priorities.
Chief Moya said some violent-crime categories decreased compared with the prior year’s quarter, but the city recorded a modest increase in reported aggravated battery incidents (from 31 to 36, a 16% increase for the quarter). He confirmed the department had 1 homicide in the quarter and said the number of persons shot…
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