CM Hanks on loaded gun found at Curtis High School
Hanks raises a September 14 incident where a loaded gun was found in a student's backpack at Curtis High School. Hout describes youth violence zones focused on schools, routes, and transit, with precinct commanders meeting weekly with principals and a juvenile desk for field guidance.
Thank you so much.
So in that same line, on September 14th, school safety agents discovered a loaded gun from the backpack of an 18-year-old student at Curtis High School after breaking up a fight.
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but a loaded weapon in school in the 120th precinct raises serious concerns about student safety and how young people are getting access to weapons.
So after an incident like this,
What does NYPD do to find out where the gun came from, how the student got it, whether other young people or weapons may be involved?
Right, so a gun in a school is very serious, and we take it that way.
So when we look at it, youth violence in general,
We deploy, the department has implemented youth violence zones, and they're modeled after a data-driven strategy.
So these zones are focused on areas where young people are most at risk, and that includes the school, and that also includes around the school and the routes to the school, major commuter corridors, major bus stops.
And it's not just we can't do it alone.
It's coordination.
So every precinct CO is talking to the principal weekly.
We're working with the schools, working with the school safety, with the parents, with the students, with the transit bureau, because many kids use transit to get home on a bus or a train.
My office, the Office of Crime Control Strategies, has a juvenile desk where officers from the field can call and get guidance.
And we've made great strides with that desk.
Thank you so much.
And Chair, may I have one more question, please?