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Worcester Police Department Launches Crime Gun Intelligence Unit

For Immediate Release: 4/15/2024 10:01 am

In response to recent gun violence in the city, the Worcester Police Department has established The Crime Gun Intelligence Unit. The CGIU is dedicated to curbing gun violence through the production of precise, timely, and actionable intelligence. Working in conjunction with our partners, we will prioritize targeting the most dangerous individuals involved in firearm-related offenses including repeat gun offenders. Through a combination of data-driven analysis and forensic investigations, we will identify and pursue these offenders, who are a small segment of our community.

Upon apprehension, these individuals, also referred to as "trigger pullers," will face rigorous prosecution with the primary objective of removing them from our community. Additionally, this serves as a stark reminder to others that there are significant consequences for engaging in gun violence. Collaboration is key, and the Worcester Police Department will work closely with local, state, and federal partners, including the United States Attorney's Office and District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.

“By adopting a team-oriented approach, we will be able to leverage additional resources and utilize advanced investigative methods to collectively achieve our shared goal of disrupting the cycle of gun violence within our community.”
-Interim Chief Paul Saucier

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} sessionStorage.setItem("data-bind", document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind")); sessionStorage.setItem("data-org", document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-org")); var iframe = document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton'); if (iframe == null || iframe == undefined) return; var innerDoc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document; //Open Widget if (document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display === 'none' && (type == 1 || type == 2 || type == undefined)) { document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display = "block"; IMIGeneral.checkmobile(); var widgetmain = document.getElementById("iframechatwindow");//ENG-1034 widgetmain.contentWindow.focus();//ENG-1034 //if ((window.outerWidth < 497) && (document.documentElement.classList.contains('imichatmobile-active') == false) && document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display == "block") { var className = " " + document.documentElement.className + " "; if ((window.outerWidth < 700) && (" " + className + " ").replace(/[\n\t]/g, " ").indexOf("imichatmobile-active") > -1 && document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display == "block") { // if((document.documentElement.classList.value.split(/\s+|\./).filter(word => word === 'imichatmobile-active').length==1) == false){ document.documentElement.classList.remove("imichatmobile-active"); 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// } // } if (type === undefined) { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; msg = { "action": "showiframe", "host": window.location.hostname, "chatmobile": isMobile }; destination.postMessage(msg, domainUrl); document.getElementById("iframechatwindow").setAttribute("aria-hidden", "false"); } return; } //Close Widget if (document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display === 'block' && (type == 0 || type == 2 || type == undefined)) { document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className.replace(' imichatmobile-active', ''); //document.body.classList.remove('chatnoscroll'); document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display = "none"; innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("class", "open-btn state " + buttonType); innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false"); innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").focus(); document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').style.display = "block"; localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 0); document.getElementById("iframechatwindow").setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true"); return; } //var iframeEl = document.getElementById("iframechatwindow"); // Make sure you are sending a string, and to stringify JSON // iframeEl.contentWindow.postMessage("hello", '*'); return; } catch (e) { console.log("LaunchProactiveMsgManager:" + e.msg); } }, clearmsgcards: function () { document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("msg-list").innerHTML = ""; document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("ancclearcards").style.display = "none"; //document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").style.display = "none"; //document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText == ""; localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 0); }, openchat: function (event) { document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal'; 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innerDivsCount = innerDivsCount - 1; } if ((parseInt(innerDivsCount) < 1 && event.data.badge_type === undefined) || event.data.badge_type === 2 || event.data.badge_type === 3) { var node = document.createElement("div"); var node1 = document.createElement("div"); var textnode = document.createTextNode(IMIChatInit.extractContent(event.data.msg)); if (textnode.data.length > 45) { if (event.data.badge_type === undefined || event.data.badge_type === 2) { textnode.data = textnode.data.substr(0, 45) + "..."; } else { textnode.data = textnode.data; } } node.className = "msg"; node.style = "cursor:pointer;"; node1.className = "msgclear"; node.id = "msg_" + event.data.msgtransid; // Create a text node node1.id = "msgclear_" + event.data.msgtransid; node1.style = "clear:both;"; node.addEventListener("click", function () { window.parent.postMessage({ action: 'openchat', threadid: event.data.threadid, proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id }, '*'); }); node1.addEventListener("click", function () { window.parent.postMessage({ action: 'openchat', threadid: event.data.threadid, proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id }, '*'); }); if (event.data.msg_from !== undefined && event.data.msg_from !== "") { var span = document.createElement("span"); //var span span.innerHTML = '' + event.data.msg_from + ':'; node.appendChild(span); } else if (event.data.msg_from === undefined || event.data.msg_from == "") { var span = document.createElement("span"); //var span span.innerHTML = 'New Conversation:'; node.appendChild(span); } node.appendChild(textnode); var height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height; if (height == "") { height = 70; } if (innerDivsCount == 0) { height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = "150px"; } /* else if (innerDivsCount == 2) { height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = "150px"; } else if (innerDivsCount > 2) {*/ else { document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = parseInt(height) + 60 + "px"; } var referenceNode = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("msg-list"); // document.querySelector('#some-element'); if (innerDivsCount == 0) { referenceNode.appendChild(node); referenceNode.appendChild(node1); } else { referenceNode.insertBefore(node, refChild); referenceNode.insertBefore(node1, refChild); if ((window.innerHeight + 100) < (document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height)) { var frame = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame'); var c = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document; c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].offsetHeight = '80%'; c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.overflow = "auto"; } } if (event.data.badge_type === 3) { document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height = "100%"; var frame = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame'); var c = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document; c.getElementsByClassName("msg")[0].style.maxHeight = "unset"; var frameheight = c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].offsetHeight; document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height = frameheight + "px"; } } else if (event.data.badge_type === 4) { var fullscreen_modal = document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal'); fullscreen_modal.className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal imichat-open'; fullscreen_modal.contentWindow.postMessage({ action: 'bind_data', proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id, threadid: event.data.threadid, msg_from: event.data.msg_from, msg: event.data.msg, btn_chat_now_open: IMILocalisation.getValue(_IMIchat_widget_lang, "proactive_poupup_chat_now_button", "Chat Now"), btn_chat_now_close: IMILocalisation.getValue(_IMIchat_widget_lang, "proactive_poupup_close_button", "Close") }, "*"); } cardcount = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount")) + 1; localStorage.setItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", cardcount); localStorage.setItem("fingerprint", event.data.fingerprint); localStorage.setItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_badgecount", count); document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText = count; if (count > 0) { //to do for ENG-1082 get localisation for chat button tooltip with count document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("spnwidgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-label", "Chat button , " + count + " unread messages"); //ENG-1082 } else { document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("spnwidgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-label", "Chat button , " + count + " unread messages"); //ENG-1082 } } document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("ancclearcards").style.display = (event.data.badge_type === undefined || (event.data.badge_type === 2 || event.data.badge_type === 3)) ? "block" : "none"; } } catch (e) { console.log("badgecount:" + e.msg); } }, message: function (event) { try { if (event.data.action != null) { if (event.data.action == 'openchat') { IMIChatInit.openchat(event); } if (event.data.action == 'badgecount') { IMIChatInit.badgecount(event); } if (event.data.action == 'chatswitchicon') { IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(); //event } if (event.data.action == 'imichat_custom_chat_fields') { if (event.data.type == 'add') { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'](event.data.response); } } else if (event.data.type == 'update') { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'](event.data.response); } }//event } if (event.data.action == 'loadstyles') { IMIChatInit.loadJQuery(_domain_name, function () { IMIChatInit.loadwidgetStyles(event.data.message); try { if (event.data.message != null) { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'](_attr_key); console.log("imichat-widget:ready fired"); } //eval('imichatWidgetLoaded();'); if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'](); }// debugger; var widget_data = JSON.parse(event.data.message); hdr_bfp = widget_data.hdr_bfp; hdr_xtoken = widget_data.hdr_xtoken; hdr_tid = widget_data.hdr_tid; } } catch (e) { } IMIChatInit.LaunchProactiveMsgManager(_domain_name, function () { }); IMIChatInit.handleAbandonedChats(); }); } if (event.data.action == 'closemodelpopup') { document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal'; document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').setAttribute('tabindex', '-1'); document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); } if (event.data.action == 'setsession') { sessionStorage.setItem(event.data.key, event.data.value); } if (event.data.action == 'setlocal') { localStorage.setItem(event.data.key, event.data.value); } if (event.data.action == 'browserstorage') { document.getElementById("divicw").innerHTML = "
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"; console.log("Local storage not supported"); } } } catch (e) { } }, resize: function () { try { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'resize', width: window.outerWidth //window.innerWidth//screen.width // document.body.clientWidth }, "*"); IMIGeneral.checkmobile(); } catch (e) { } }, LaunchProactiveMsgManager: function (domainName, callback) { try { var widget_styles = localStorage.getItem("style_" + document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind") + "_" + window.location.hostname); if (widget_styles == null && !JSON.parse(widget_styles).enable_proactive) { callback(); return; } var body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = IMIChatInit.domainName() + '/js/proactive-msg-manager.js'; body.appendChild(script); script.addEventListener('load', function (event) { console.log('proactive manager loaded;'); var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'proactive-manager-loaded', attrkey: document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind"), host: window.location.hostname }, "*"); callback(); }); } catch (e) { console.log("LaunchProactiveMsgManager:" + e.msg); } }, processAbandonedChats: function (type) { if (!imichatwidget.hasInitiatedChat()) { return; } var browser_fingerprint = localStorage.getItem("fingerprint"); var url = IMIGeneral.profileUrl() + "livechats/" + _attr_key + "/customers/" + browser_fingerprint + "/abandoned?host=" + window.document.URL; url = url + "&type=" + type; var body = JSON.stringify({ "is_reloaded": false, "is_closechat": true }); var headers = { 'type': 'application/json', 'fpid': hdr_bfp, 'Tid': hdr_tid, 'X-Token': hdr_xtoken }; var blob = new Blob([body], headers); navigator.sendBeacon(url); }, handleAbandonedChats: function () { // Attach the event keypress to exclude the F5 refresh //jQuery(window).on('keydown', function (e) { window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) { if (e.keyCode == 116) { _IMIchat_IsValidNavigation = true; } }); window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) { sessionStorage.setItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check", document.referrer); console.log(document.referrer); //sessionStorage.setItem("imi_tabid", Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)); if (_IMIchat_IsValidNavigation !== undefined && !_IMIchat_IsValidNavigation) { IMIChatInit.processAbandonedChats("unload"); } }); if (window.performance.navigation.type == 1) { IMIChatInit.processAbandonedChats("load"); } }, loadJQuery: function (domainName, callback) { if (typeof (jQuery) !== 'undefined') { callback(); return; } var body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = domainName + '/js/jquery.min.js'; body.appendChild(script); script.addEventListener('load', function (event) { callback(); }); return; }, on: function (func_name, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } switch (func_name) { case 'imichat-widget:ready': _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] = callback; break; } }, checklocalStorage: function () { var test = 'test'; try { localStorage.setItem(test, test); localStorage.removeItem(test); return true; } catch (e) { return false; } }, call_previous_chats: function () { try { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; msg = { "action": "showiframe", "host": window.location.hostname, "chatmobile": ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mobile")) != -1) ? "1" : "0" }; destination.postMessage(msg, domainUrl); } catch (e) { } }, check_clear_session_chats: function () { if (document.referrer == sessionStorage.getItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check")) { return false; } else if (sessionStorage.getItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check") == undefined) { return true; } else { console.log("Hey, Thanks for visiting again"); return false; } } }; }(); if (IMIChatInit.checklocalStorage()) { IMIChatInit.init(); } else { document.getElementById("divicw").innerHTML = "
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"; console.log("Local storage not supported"); } var imichatwidget = { // get hasInitiatedConversation() { // if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == null) // return false; // if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == "1") { // return true; // } else { // return false; // } // }, hasInitiatedChat: function () { if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == null) return false; if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == "1") { return true; } else { return false; } }, show: function () { //$("#divicw").show();return; document.getElementById("divicw").style.display = 'block'; }, hide: function () { // $("#divicw").hide();return; document.getElementById("divicw").style.display = 'none'; }, /* test:function() { if(sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist")==null) return false; if(sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist")=="1") { return true; } else { return false; } },*/ maximizeWindow: function () { IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(1); IMIChatInit.resize(); IMIChatInit.call_previous_chats(); return; }, minimizeWindow: function () { return IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(0); }, init: function (jsondata, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'imichat_custom_chat_fields', data: jsondata, type: 'add' }, '*'); _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] = callback; }, update: function (jsondata, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'imichat_custom_chat_fields', data: jsondata, type: 'update' }, '*'); _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'] = callback; }, on: function (func_name, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } switch (func_name) { case 'imichat-widget:ready': _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] = callback; break; } } }; /* function imichatWidgetLoaded(){imi imichatwidget.maximizeWindow(); }*/