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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 6, 2023
An unorthodox concept is being tested out in New York City where neighbors respond to low-level crimes instead of police for five days at a time throughout the year.
In April, Brownsville In Violence Out (BIVO), a Brooklyn anti-gun violence initiative, experimented with the strategy.
As the NY Times recently noted in a deep profile of
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