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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What we need is more resources put into violence interruption. I live in a neighborhood where people shoot at each other.  I appreciate that the police are doing the best they can but they show up after the shots are fired. And they can't do much to investigate and find the perpetrators because people in the neighborhood don't trust them to keep them save. Case in point - a young woman clammed up on the witness stand about a murder she'd seen in my neighborhood because she was apparently afraid that the guy on trial would kill her for testifying. We need more folks working pro-actively who are trusted in the neighborhood to help prevent shootings.[/quote]

Yes.  David Simon and the Wire told us all about this almost 20 years ago.  What we need is:

To solve violent crime and punish the perpetrators.  That's what deters crime.  To do that, we need:

Police that are trusted in the community.  That walk a beat.  That know everyone and that people trust.

How many cops do you know by name?  That know you?  If zero, that's the problem.  Cops should be walking a beat and chatting with citizens all the time.  Not just showing up after shots are fired.[/quote]

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