The New York Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will form a partnership in an effort to reduce gun violence and stop the flow of illegal guns into New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said
The program will allow ATF agents to be embedded directly within the
's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, said the partnership will allow for a"seamless flow of information." The two agencies will work together to investigate the source of guns coming into New York City, identify traffickers, and enhance the gun arrests that the the ability to operate in areas that local police may not typically have jurisdiction, according to John DeVito, special agent in charge of the ATF's New York Field Division. Miller added that the
-ATF partnership will work to"get guns out of the city once and for all.""With the help of the federal government, we can do things we've never done before, and we will," de Blasio said. Shooting incidents in NYC have surged since last year,
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