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What Is The Southside Solution?
posted (November 14, 2016)
So, three shootings and one murder happened between Friday at midnight and Sunday night on the Southside. The commander says they are launching patrols and entering into mediation to contain and quell the violence:...

ACP Chester Williams - Commander, Southside
"We have stepped up our patrols particularly in the affected areas and the residents of the extensions as well as those in the North Creek area will see increase operations in those areas and those operations are geared at curbing the current situation. We know that the problem existed before. We have dealt with it before and it manifest itself again. So, we are in the area currently. Where both shooting are concerns we have good leads and we expect arrest in both of them hopefully today or by tomorrow the latest. And we are hoping that with that, we will see some calm in the area."

Jules Vasquez, 7News
"Will there be any mediation efforts?"

ACP Chester Williams - Commander, Southside
"We will look at the issue of mediation when the need arises and yes, it is always good to do mediation. Some might think that it is counterproductive, but it does help and we cannot rule out that. Once we have identified all the different players involved, one surely be done, the murder in the St. Martin's area definitely need mediation. So we are looking at the different parties that we need to bring to the table for us to be able to dialogue with them to see how we can bring that matter in the St. Martin's area to an end. So, yes there will be mediation."

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