Louis Anemone

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Locally led precision policing: Specific violence reduction strategies for the NYPD

9th April 2021

Louis Anemone, Former Chief of Department, NYPD

OPINION: Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, former NYPD Chief of Department Louis Anemone sets out some specific policing strategies for reducing violence in the city, including increased solo foot patrols, a reduction in specialised roles, and an embargo on sworn officers filling administrative posts.

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Louis Anemone
Former Chief of Department, NYPD

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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Louis Anemone joined the NYPD in 1964 as a civilian member of the Police Trainee Corps. He served in six patrol precincts and commanded three patrol precincts, a narcotic investigation unit, the Department’s Disorder Control Team, and the elite Special Operations Division. In 1995, Commissioner Bill Bratton promoted Anemone from Chief of Patrol to the Department’s highest uniformed rank, Chief of Department. Chief Anemone retired in 1999. In the 1990s, Anemone assisted in the development and implementation of the Compstat system, which contributed to major reductions in crime and violence. Anemone’s work as chair of the Department Firearms Discharge Review Board contributed to a 60% decrease in the use of firearms by police officers from 1995 to 1999. He is now an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.