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FBI crime data, the most current through 2019, shows less than two percent of homicides involved the use of a rifle or other related weapons--yet WA State Senate passes 'Ar-15' ban

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FBI crime data, the most current through 2019, shows less than two percent of homicides involved the use of a rifle or other related weapons--yet WA State Senate passes 'Ar-15' ban

Baltimore officials on Tuesday launched a data-driven interactive online crime dashboard.

Baltimore's police commissioner said the city is beginning to see some results from its violence-reduction strategies.

The seller shot the officer in the head. then the officers brother-in-law fired back using the officers gun. >> i guarantee you he will have an extensive past and a criminal record of violence. >> the police union president says this violence needs to end. >> yes, we need prayers but we need more. we need our legislators to sit down now, understand that they were wrong. its not a fantasy. >> the person of interest remains in custody tonight. this tragedy though, bret, one recent example of viole...

He simply called 911. alvarez came from the united states from my ron for a new life or you can see it neil this picture shows a hard-working man smiling holding his card that picture hangs on the wall the candy shop. new york is just not as safe as it used to be. >> we need more police, more police and the subway and more police on the streets. we need more police on the street. >> neil, new york city shows overall crime data shows a felony assault of 12 and half% compared to last year. spent c...

Realtime crime center. it can access any one from here. they have computer dispatch. they would be monitoring anything going on in this city. >> reporter: memphis pd says the crime data they gather is analyzed to provide information on the type of crime, day of the week, time of day, and the location the crime is occurring, which makes the department more accountable and responsible for the crime that occurs across the city. >> its a virtual officer on the pole. never has to take a vacation. alw...

Has three cameras, and there are currently around 1500 sky cop boxes across memphis. the data from all the cameras is analyzed by police staff in a realtime crime center. how does the camera know to move over to this intersection and catch what happened to tyre? >> the memphis police department has a realtime crime center and they can beiaccess these sky co and they would be monitoring anything going on in the city. >> reporter: and the crime data that they gather is analyzed to provide informat...

Crimes operation to restore peace in our neighborhood unit, scorpion, this addresses violent crimes -- that occurred throughout our city. since its inception this past october threw three days ago, the scorpion unit has had a total of 566 arrests, 390 of them for felonies. they have seized $103,000 in cash, 270 vehicles, and 253 weapons. >> officials say the memphis police department uses crime data to determine which neighborhoods to deploy the cities scorpion teams. but activists say special u...