TRIAL ZONES
Brooklyn is divided into 23 police precincts, each with its own commander and community precinct council. To better serve these diverse communities, the office is divided into five trial zones. Each zone encompasses four or five police precincts within a specified geographic area, and is distinguishable by a color-coded designation: Red, Blue, Grey, Green, and Orange. This approach enhances communication between Bureau Chiefs, Precinct Commanders and community leaders, thereby aiding law enforcement in establishing priorities for reducing criminal activity.
Assistant district attorneys within each zone handle a full range of offenses from violations and misdemeanors to drug sales, assaults, burglaries, robberies, and attempted murder. They present felony cases to the Grand Jury for indictment and then prosecute those cases in Brooklyn’s Supreme Court through disposition.
Recent Press Releases:
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- Brooklyn Driver Who Killed Mother and Two Daughters While Allegedly Speeding Through a Red Light Indicted for Manslaughter
- Driver Who Allegedly Blew Through Stop Sign and Struck School Bus, Killing His Own Passenger, Arraigned on Indictment for Manslaughter
- Hit-and-Run Driver Sentenced to up to 12 Years in Prison for Killing Woman on Motorized Scooter in Bedford Stuyvesant
- Reputed Gang member Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Shooting Rival During the West Indian Day Parade
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years in Prison for Running Red Light and Killing Pedestrian While Speeding and Driving Drunk in Cobble Hill