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Hartford mayor credits community policing, city-funded violence-prevention for recent public-safety gains
Summary
In a March 24 Committee of the Whole meeting, the mayor said Hartford reduced 911 response times, removed more than 320 illegal guns last year and has launched a city-funded hospital-based violence intervention program after federal funding was set to lapse.
Hartford Mayor (name not provided) told the Court of Common Council at a March 24 Committee of the Whole meeting that the city has made measurable public-safety gains by expanding community policing, investing in technology to curb illegal ATV use and launching a city-funded violence-prevention strategy that includes a hospital-based intervention program.
The mayor said the city "took over 320 illegal guns off the street last year alone," that 911 call times have been reduced and that Hartford recorded "the lowest number of shootings that we've had in at least two decades." He described a new public-safety strategy that coordinates…
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