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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- Queens Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Two Violent Robberies
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Shooting at Uber Eats Driver
- Bronx Man Arraigned on Attempted Murder and Other Charges for Allegedly Stabbing Transit Worker in Subway
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stabbing and Kicking Subway Passenger
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison Following Guilty Plea in Connection with Shooting Near Midwood High School