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APD touts progress in preventing gun crime through intervention program

Chris McKee

May 28, 2021 |

KRQE-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

When young people with criminal records get shot in Albuquerque, they may get visited by the police department's Violence Intervention Program: cops and counselors urging the victims to resist the impulse to retaliate. Shooting victims are offered social and health services meant to stabilize their lives. In its first year, the team contacted 149 people, nearly all of whom stayed out of criminal trouble. None got caught with a gun and only one got shot again.

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