The Leadership Council on Gun Violence provided the City Commission with detailed information about the victims and suspects of gun violence and the location of the incidents at the December 10th meeting.
City of Tallahassee Police Chief Michael Deleo made the presentation.
The Council was created over the summer to develop action steps to help reduce gun related violence in Tallahassee.
The Council gathered statistics that provided suspect and victim demographics and specific neighborhoods where prevention and intervention programs need to be targeted.
The race and sex of suspects and victims were reviewed for citywide incidents involving a violent crime where a firearm was used 2011-2013.
The Study Area defined by the Council for the research project is shown below.
Of the 814 citywide gun related incidents, 597 or 74% occured in the Study Area. The statistics for specific areas and/or neighborhoods are shown in the table below.
The Council reported to the City Commisison that “detailed deliberations during its monthly meetings enabled the Council to identify specific neighborhoods where prevention programs and intervention services would most likely result in reduced gun violence.”
The neighborhoods the Council will focus on, as it moves forward, are South City, Frenchtown, and Griffin Heights. During the period 2011-2013, these neighborhoods had 156 reported violent crimes involving a firearm in the study area.
Area |
Incidents |
City% |
Study
|
| City |
814 |
100% |
|
| Study Area |
597 |
74% |
100% |
| Belle Vue Way |
18 |
2% |
3% |
| Griffin Heights/Frenchtown |
101 |
12% |
17% |
| Jackson Bluff |
11 |
1% |
2% |
| Leon Arms |
11 |
1% |
2% |
| Ocala Road |
14 |
2% |
2% |
| Providence |
29 |
4% |
5% |
| South City |
52 |
6% |
9% |
| West Tennessee |
30 |
4% |
5% |
| Remainder of Study Area |
331 |
41% |
56% |
The detailed statistics about the race, sex and age of suspects and victims involved with the reported violent crimes involving a firearm are provided in the tables below. The stats show that of the 231 suspects identified, 78% or 181 were black males. The numbers also show that black males and black females account for 67% of the victims.
Suspect/Victim Race and Sex
|
||||||
| Black Male |
Black Female |
White Male |
White Female |
Other Male |
Other Female |
|
| Suspects |
181 |
20 |
19 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
| Victims |
527 |
188 |
222 |
70 |
45 |
13 |
|
Total |
708 |
208 |
241 |
73 |
51 |
15 |
The data on the age of the suspects and victims are shown in the table below. The Council reported to the City Commission that the “results of the statistical review clearly showed that black males ages 18-29 make up the majority of offenders and victims.”
Suspect/Victim Age Incidents 2011-2013 |
|||||||
|
< 17 |
18-24 |
25-29 |
30-34 |
35-39 |
40-44 |
> 45 |
|
| Suspects |
77 |
510 |
165 |
94 |
55 |
49 |
115 |
| Victims |
18 |
108 |
45 |
27 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
|
Total |
95 |
618 |
210 |
121 |
67 |
56 |
129 |
Chief Deleo told the Commission the Council will continue to work toward action steps that will help reduce gun related violence in Tallahassee.
Their focus is defined by five sub-committees which are titled Assessment and Strategic Planning, Education and Youth, Neighborhood and Faith Based Organizations, Criminal Justice and Reentry, and communications.
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I must be missing something – they totaled the suspects and victims together rather than a total number of suspects and total number of victims in each case = first chart shows 231 suspects and 1065 victims – or 5 times as many victims as suspects OK??? – in the second chart 1065 suspects and only 231 victims – these numbers do not add up – what did I do wrong???
Excellent reporting! It just doesn’t get any better than this.
It appears that the address 502 N. Adams is in this area or very close. This address is for Governance, Inc., city commissioner Scott Maddox’s law firm, and Gary Yordon’s The Zachary Group. Scott Maddox circumvent’s the residency requirement that one must have a home address in the city. Scott has businesses at this address so I don’t understand how he was able to legitimately qualify to be on the ballot, much less be endorsed by the Tallahassee Democrat.
http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail/EntityName/domp-p99000044284-aff972b8-2e4c-4191-8627-f6613435edaf/governance%20inc/Page1
On September 15th, 2014 Publisher Julie Moreno furnished me the link below to Gary Yordon’s “fictitious” name registered with the Florida Division of Corporations for Gary Yordon’s The Zachary Group. It is 502 North Adams the same address as Governance, Inc that Scott Maddox listed with the Supervisor of Elections on his 2011 financial disclosure form. Also, it matches up to the same address as Scott Maddox’s law firm. So, Maddox “lives” at his law firm, Governance, and Gary Yordon’s place of business and not at his large home in the county?
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/ficidet.exe?action=DETREG&docnum=G11000027218&rdocnum=G11000027218
But, it gets worse. Scott Maddox is not the only elected official who does not legitimately live in the district that this area includes. County Commissioner Bill Proctor and State Rep Alan Williams who both represent this district don’t actually live in their district either.
This area has no “legitimate” representation, yet all three elected officials who are circumventing the residency requirement were endorsed by the Tallahassee Democrat. Sadly, the Tallahassee Democrat looked the other way and refused to implement a policy to disqualify candidates from the endorsement process who don’t legitimately live in their district. The crime rate skyrocketed in Leon County during Tallahassee Democrat Editor Bob Gabordi’s tenure. It is undeniable.