"Operation Gun Crime Crackdown" is an effort to focus on reducing gun crime in the community. The department said it will work together to streamline the shooting investigation process, which includes assigning detectives to individual precincts to work with neighborhood enforcement teams and patrol officers.
In addition to Silent Witness, a new tip line will be created for the public to report gunfire or the illegal possession of firearms. That tip line launches on July 5.
"We just do something to protect our children and my officers from gun violence," Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said.
At the news conference, police displayed photos of several young victims who have been killed by gunfire. Many of the suspects in the murders have not been identified or arrested.
Last week, Chief Williams testified at a Senate hearing on gun violence. Williams' testimony came just a day after a Phoenix detective was shot during an ambush shooting.
The department was joined at Wednesday's news conference by the Maricopa County Attorney, Mayor Kate Gallego, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, and the family of Emily Morgan, who was killed in a mass shooting at a Phoenix strip mall.
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