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Percentage of vehicle stops resulting in illegal firearm retrieval
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Josh Levin provides data on the percentage of vehicle stops that result in the retrieval of illegal firearms, based on the fourth quarter of 2024. He also addresses follow-up questions about the breakdown of these arrests.
- Out of 8,215 arrests stemming from vehicle stops, 585 (approximately 7.1%) were related to criminal possession of a weapon
- 215 of these weapon-related arrests were for criminal possession of a loaded firearm
- Some arrests may be for misdemeanor weapons charges, but the exact breakdown is not immediately available
- Levin offers to follow up with more detailed information on the types of weapons charges
Yusef Salaam
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What percentage of vehicle stops result in retrieval of illegal firearms?
Josh Levin
0:48:07
Okay.
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So I looked at quarter four twenty twenty four again when I was doing this this data review.
0:48:14
Of the 8,200, I mentioned there were 8,200 individual arrests.
0:48:18
Right?
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Of the 8,200 arrests, 585 of them were CPF, criminal possession of a weapon related.
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So the biggest one was criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree with the subsection being loaded firearm.
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That was 215 of the 585.
0:48:37
K?
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So but just aggregate number, five eighty five out of 8,215 is 7.1%.
0:48:45
Approximately 7.1%.
Yusef Salaam
0:48:59
Is there a percentage of those that are misdemeanor?
Josh Levin
0:49:05
So I didn't write down whether each one was misdemeanor or felony.
0:49:08
I believe I believe criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, like piercing ammunition, could be a misdemeanor.
0:49:18
I can follow-up that.
Yusef Salaam
0:49:20
Knives or stuff like that.
Josh Levin
0:49:21
Oh, there are some CPW fours, but it's not broken down by the subsection says firearm, throwing star.
0:49:32
There's a bunch lumped in there, so we don't have it broken down by that.
0:49:36
Firearm is included as one of those ones in CPW.