Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other officials discuss on Dec. 1, 2014, a spate of shootings over the Thanksgiving weekend. (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other officials discuss on Dec. 1, 2014, a spate of shootings over the Thanksgiving weekend. (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The mayor of Newark announced expanded police patrols Monday and other measures aimed at reducing violence after a holiday weekend in which 11 shootings killed three people and wounded several others.

Mayor Ras Baraka said at a news conference that more officers would be put on patrol and that shifts would be extended from 10 hours to 12 hours.

“I am taking this as a state of emergency in the city of Newark,” the mayor told reporters, including 1010 WINS’ Rebecca Granet. “We are going to respond like it’s a state of emergency in this city immediately.”