Community Eye, Newark Reacts

This past weekend we burned the midnight oil to help develop and design a direct response to the senseless acts of violence occuring in Newark these past few weeks. We are honored to be a part of this initiative. Below are some pics of the press conference held on Tuesday, August 14th.
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The Newark Community Foundation has created the Community Eye in order to work with the Newark community and its various constituencies to impact gun violence in Newark.

The City is seeking to deploy seven square miles of gunshot detection technology and 50 public safety surveillance cameras to cover an area of the City in which approximately 80% of our gun violence has occurred over the course of the past 2 ½ years.

The gunshot detection technology consists of a series of sensors which, near-instantaneously, detect and pinpoint the source of gunfire. These sensors then convey the information to police dispatchers and automated public safety cameras with stunning accuracy. There are several benefits to this cutting edge technology which has been deployed successfully in a number of cities including Washington DC and neighboring East Orange:
Please visit www.cfnj.org/communityeye for more information.