Finn Institute to continue to partner with law enforcement on New York State’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative

Albany, NY, June 1, 2015 – GIVE provides state funds to seventeen counties in New York State to support their efforts to combat firearm-related crimes, shootings, and homicides. The Institute is happy to extend its GIVE partnerships with the Cities of Albany, Troy, and Kingston and the Counties of Oneida and Onondaga into the second year of the GIVE program. Institute Associate Director, Sarah McLean, said “The Institute will continue to provide crime analysis support and serve as the research partner to these jurisdictions. We are also very pleased that the Year II GIVE funds provide the opportunity for us to renew our partnership with Schenectady County.”
Under GIVE I the Institute worked with its partners in each jurisdiction to examine a variety of strategies designed to reduce gun violence. Under GIVE II the Institute will build on the GIVE I foundation (primarily process evaluations), continuing to monitor implementation and also adding in assessments of the impacts of selected strategies. GIVE II also provides the opportunity for the Institute to work with its partners around a number of new initiatives being implemented in the counties, including Ceasefire in Albany. Institute Director, Rob Worden, noted that “We are looking forward to undertaking a multi-county examination of the concrete steps our police partners take to build public trust and confidence”.