So, with 5 shot and one dead on the Southside since operation ACT was launched, can it be said that the operation is working? Today, in what we would hope is an overstatement, the commissioner said it would be, quote, "far worse" without the presence of the operation:...
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"I can say that in respect to the launched of the operation that commenced on Friday, we have had a number of assets, human as well as vehicular resources deployed in the 3 key areas that have been identified and we will continue to meet today to look again in terms of our areas of operations and the current deployment that we have on the streets and where we believe we need to make some changes and tweak those changes will be done."
Jules Vasquez, reporter
"Sir, but you have to be somewhat disappointed in so far as, in the weekend you launched the operation 5 people are shot and one was killed."
Allen Whylie, Commissioner of Police
"As I indicated that we didn't get to where we are overnight. And an operation of this nature will not have the desired impact in terms of stopping all the incidents. We will never be able to stop all the incidents, but we need to continue to ensure that our people are in the areas that we are able to cover based on information and our review and analysis, but we will continue to go after these people. I never said that the operation will stop everything, but I can tell you that if we are not out there it would be far worse."
ACP Dezerie Magdaleno, Commander - Eastern Division North
"We have been able to conduct quite a number of houses searches and raid some bases. We have been able to apprehend persons who were wanted for a period of time who were not able to apprehend. That has been done during the operation and I want to say that the kind of feedback we are getting from the communities, especially by means of the two cell phones acquired for this purpose has been overwhelming."
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