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 Sentenced to up to 10 Years in Prison for Striking Two Women Attempting to Cross Bushwick Street, Killing One
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Opening Fire on Four MTA Inspectors at Brooklyn Bus Stop
- Brooklyn Serial Killer Sentenced to 30 Years to Life in Prison For Murdering Three Elderly Brownsville Women
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Prison for High-Speed, Fatal Bedford-Stuyvesant Hit-and-Run
- Brooklyn Man Who Preyed on Elderly Neighbors as Serial Killer Pleads Guilty to Three Murders