Stopping Random Gunfire in Phoenix

Faced with a growing epidemic of random celebration gunfire during holidays, the Phoenix Police Department in Phoenix, Arizona, said, “Enough is enough,” and began combating this problem with an unusual, if not unique, two-pronged approach. The approach, which consists of an educational phase and an enforcement phase, has cut random gunfire on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day by 64 percent over the last seven years.