Columbus, OH is establishing a Crime Gun Intelligence Center dedicated to reducing gun violence

Columbus, OH Crime Gun Intelligence Center

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The City of Columbus is partnering with the Columbus Division of Police, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) to reduce gun violence. The CGIC will use gunshot detection systems to collect, analyze, and distribute information regarding gun-related crimes to better identify, apprehend, and prosecute perpetrators of gun violence.

Gunshot Detection Systems Data Public Safety Intergovernmental Cooperation

Columbus, OH

Municipality in Ohio

United States

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