Residents scrutinize new police strategy
As the New Haven Police Department shifts its strategy, the old policy of community policing is gone — but not forgotten.
Over 16 years ago, former New Haven Mayor John Daniels instated the philosophy of community policing to build community relationships with police officers in order to prevent crime. But NHPD Chief James Lewis announced just under three weeks ago a new crime-fighting policy called “Targeted Activity Policing,” which aims to increase police visibility and awareness of the law by cracking down on all infractions, no matter how severe.
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