Saturday, March 3, 2012

POLICE TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT SHOOTINGS.(Local)

Byline: Marv Cermak Staff writer

Police Commissioner Charles M. Mills said that effective Thursday, police patrols have been doubled on Hamilton Hill.

Mills unveiled a crime reduction proposal Thursday night at a special City Council meeting that brought together police leaders from the county, city, towns and village to address the escalating shootings mainly on Hamilton Hill.

"We're using overtime to beef-up patrols ... for immediate containment of what's been going on up there," Mills said, noting the other points of the program are:

*An amnesty/buy back of guns from Jan. 10-Feb. 20. The Sheriff's Benevolent Association has volunteered …

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