And one area where he plans to change things up immediately is the gang-ridden zone between Lakeview Street and Vernon Streets. It's the site of an ongoing gang war between neighbors who life just a few dozen feet from each other - and as we told you earlier - in the last two weeks two people who are not known to be gang affiliated - Kareem Clarke and second former, Tyrique Thompson have been killed in this area - while another teenager, Ruben Leslie was fatally shot on Magazine Road which is in the same general area. All this while an active police checkpoint dominates the area.
Williams says changing the policing strategy at this location is his highest priority:...
Sr. Supt Chester Williams, Commander Eastern Division South
"Yes the area is policed, but I do not think that is well policed and with my commanders this morning, had a discussion about the area and we are re-strategizing in that area. I am not going to say what our strategy will be, but we are re-strategizing in that area to ensure that we are going to address any future situation like this. Our objective will be to prevent crime before it happens. One of the things that I intended to do and had discussed this morning with my commanders, is to look at how we deploy our human resources, because I believe that if you have one hundred men and you cannot use them effectively, you would not get the result you would get from ten men if you deploy them effectively."
And, later in, you'll hear what else Williams hopes to shake up in the southside - he says he doesn't want police wasting time with quality of life crimes like bicycles without bells.
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