City Gun Violence Reduction Insight Portal
CityGRIP is an online clearinghouse of data-informed gun violence reduction strategies created by Everytown for Gun Safety
CityGRIP is an online clearinghouse of data-informed gun violence reduction strategies created by Everytown for Gun Safety
Essential practices are recommended for every city and highlight strategies that enhance the data-informed work that your jurisdiction is already doing.
Custom results highlight practices that may be best suited for particular jurisdiction types or to address specific types of gun violence.
Use the filters to create a custom blueprint for gun violence reduction for your city. The more filters you select the more comprehensive your blueprint. Your blueprint will include ‘Essentials’ noted with a check mark that we recommend for every city.
Establish multi-agency law enforcement partnerships to collect, analyze, and manage evidence related to guns used in crimes.
Collect and analyze fatal and non-fatal shooting data to monitor gun violence, target resources, and inform policy and program decisions.
Establish a centralized office to coordinate key stakeholders and strategies to effectively and sustainably reduce gun violence.
Invest in audio-sensing technology to alert law enforcement to when and where a gun has been fired.
Share law enforcement and city data with the community to build trust and improve community-based services.
Transform public spaces where crime occurs into safe, community-centered places.
Implement assessments in domestic violence cases to identify survivors who are at high-risk of becoming homicide victims.
Implement systems to identify officers at-risk of engaging in improper conduct or excessive use of force and address behaviors.
Deploy school employees, volunteers, and/or professionals to provide students with safe routes to and from school in high-crime neighborhoods.
Educate gun owners and the general public about secure gun storage to make their homes and communities safer.
Implement laws at the local level through cross-agency coordination, public awareness campaigns, and training.
Investigate background check denials to identify individuals who may be at-risk of committing violence.
Implement surrender and enforcement protocols to disarm domestic abusers who are not legally allowed to possess guns.
Support domestic violence and gun violence survivors through colocation of holistic services.
Convene law enforcement, social service providers, and community members to provide social supports to group-involved individuals.
Deploy case managers in hospitals to coordinate wraparound services for survivors of gunshot wounds to reduce retaliation and re-injury.
Deploy credible messengers to identify conflict, intervene to prevent violence, and provide social services to high-risk individuals.
Convene law enforcement, social service providers, and community members to provide support to survivors and deter abusers from engaging in violence.
Provide intensive social services and financial opportunity to individuals at high-risk of committing violent offenses.
Develop investigative leads by submitting every crime gun to the ATF’s National Tracing Center for analysis.
Develop investigative leads by submitting ballistic evidence to the FBI’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network for analysis.
Convene stakeholders to review homicide and shooting incidents and develop intervention and prevention strategies.
Utilize data and deploy law enforcement resources to the small geographic areas with the highest rates of gun violence.
What a useful tool and way to learn about the strategies that work to reduce gun violence. This will have great value for Mayors and community members across the nation. Thank you.