There were 18 homicides in Hudson County in 2020. Why one Jersey City official thinks there should be fewer
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Hudson County Prosecutor s Office members and Jersey City police are seen on July 10, 2020, investigating the death of Yusef Mathis, who was found shot dead inside a car on Clerk Street. (Joe Shine | For The Jersey Journal)Joe Shine | For The Jersey Journ
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Jersey City is fighting violent crime with a multi-pronged strategy, but the state’s second largest city could use some help from judges and the criminal court system, Public Safety Director James Shea says.
“One homicide victim had 4 previous gun arrests, another one had two previous gun arrests,” Shea said during an interview about the city’s homicide rate in 2020. “The next one had three robbery arrests; the next one had three gun arrests and a murder arrest.”