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More Weapons Turning Up in Public Schools

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 8/19/19

The number of weapons found in city public schools during the most-recent school year dropped slightly compared to the previous one, but 60 percent more weapons were recovered compared to 2015, according to Police Department data.

School Safety employees found 2,701 weapons during the 2018-2019 school year, versus 2,718 the year before, according to statistics obtained by the New York Post. But the number of box-cutters, BB guns and other weapons being seized from schools was significantly up from the 1,673 found during the 2014-2015 school year.

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