SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester on Tuesday unveiled her strategy to combat the rising trend of gun violence. It’s a plan designed to rely on data analysis to focus enforcement operations and to use partnerships with community groups to lead intervention efforts and work on the root causes of crime.
The city is still reeling from the April 3 brazen gang shootout on K and 10th streets in downtown Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others. The Sacramento City Council asked the police chief to present her strategy as the summer months begin and the risk of violence among youths increases.
Lester said the first step of her enforcement plan was to update how her department looks at data in relation to where violent crime is occurring and who specifically is perpetrating that crime. Through analyzing the crime data and gathering intelligence, the department has identified “hot spots” to help police officers determine where their focus should be.
