CHARLES BECK

His police department had reduced gang violence and even killings by over 50 percent by financing and operating dances, cookouts, concerts and other positive activities in the city’s parks and other open spaces. The cost was over $6 million and with this quotation he was justifying the program.

His police department had reduced gang violence and even killings by over 50 percent by financing and operating dances, cookouts, concerts and other positive activities in the city’s parks and other open spaces. The cost was over $6 million and with this quotation he was justifying the program.