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DAO and gun-violence task force credit digital forensics, grand juries for drops in shootings and warn funding gaps could halt lab work
Summary
Gun-violence task force leaders told council a $15 million digital evidence lab and state support have been central to investigations that dismantled shooting groups; they warned a $1.6 million annual funding shortfall would force the digital forensics lab to shut down key functions.
William (Bill) Fritzy, chief of the District Attorney's gun-violence task force, told council the unit relies on a combination of license-plate readers, city and private cameras, social-media analysis and phone extractions to identify and charge shooters and trafficking networks.
Fritzy said the state awards $14 million for a joint statewide task-force program, and Philadelphia's share under the fiscal code is $1.6 million (about 20% of the state allocation). He warned that without continued or matching funding to sustain software licenses and equipment maintenance the digital forensics lab that was built with a…
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