YPD deploys crime unit to East Rock
Perrotti announces move after three grad students are attacked in broad daylight
Two days after three Yale students were victims of an armed robbery in East Rock in the middle of the afternoon, Yale Police Department Chief James Perrotti announced on Sunday the deployment of a “special street crimes unit” that will respond to the increase in street-level crime in the neighborhood.
The unit, which will consist of four officers and one supervisor, will aim to help New Haven Police Department officers combat the rise in robberies affecting Yale graduate students living in East Rock. Community leaders from the area said they have been concerned for weeks about the...
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