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Suzanne Smalley
"A meeting marked the relaunch of Operation Ceasefire, a widely emulated program that many credit with helping Boston successfully fight gun violence during the 1990s. Shortly after the program started in 1996, Boston's homicide rate plunged. The Police Department has faced mounting criticism in recent months, as violent crime has surged, for largely abandoning the strategy, which has since been copied successfully in other cities around the country. While police have used the same carrot-and-stick approach with some offenders, many, including Mayor Thomas M. Menino, have called for the reintroduction of a wider-scale initiative such as Operation Ceasefire."
