In total, Peace for D.C. found, gun violence in the city directly cost city taxpayers almost $1 billion in 2021 alone.
The report unveiled the economic toll of these acts of violence, making the argument that it would actually save the city money to invest heavily in comprehensive intervention programs rather than pay for hundreds of shootings each year. If the District cut its gun-violence rate by 20 percent, the report said, the government could save up to $178 million each year.
“Rather than paying after the fact in policing, prosecution, hospital, and judicial costs, the District should invest much more in stopping violence before it happens with strategic community-based violence intervention efforts that reach all of those who are at highest risk,” Lashonia Thompson-El, executive director of Peace for D.C., said in a statement.
“As a city, we’re looking at this through the wrong prism,” he wrote in an email. “One that thinks government has all the answers and can solve this alone.”Marmet said he wants to see the city rely more heavily on proven models for violence reduction, which involve investing more deeply in community leaders and services, such as therapy, to strengthen intervention programs. He believes that it is possible to decrease homicides in D.C.
“What we are providing through People of Promise is really executive-level oversight to ensure people are connected to resources,” Hunter said.
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