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District attorney seeks crime‑analysis unit and mental‑health staffing; Manhattan DA presents arrest‑alert model
Summary
The DA asked for four crime analysts and mental‑health attorney/staff to build an analytics unit and to manage conservatorships and related hearings; Manhattan DA's Keri Chacon described an arrest‑alert system and reported large reductions in shootings in targeted precincts.
District Attorney’s Office leadership told the Budget & Finance Committee it needs new technical and clinical staffing to modernize prosecution and better serve victims and defendants with mental illness.
The DA introduced Keri Chacon, chief of the Crime Strategies Unit at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, who demonstrated an "intelligence‑driven prosecution" model. Chacon described senior prosecutors paired with intelligence analysts, a citywide arrest‑alert feed…
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