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Short description:
Operation Ceasefire's goals are to carry out a comprehensive strategy to apprehend and prosecute offenders who carry firearms, to put others on notice that offenders face certain and serious punishment for carrying illegal firearms, and to prevent youths from following the same criminal path.
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Operation Ceasefire is a focused deterrence strategy to apprehend and prosecute offenders who carry firearms. It also seeks to serve notice to those facing serious punishment for illegal firearms possession, and to prevent youth from following a similar criminal path. This program is only one element of a collaborative, comprehensive strategy and uses suppression tactics to prevent gang violence and persuade positive change in behaviors. Ambitious communications with community groups and gang members are employed to illicit a zero-tolerance approach to gang violence.
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