Now even those below the political ranks just paraphrase the Chief's talking points. It's not ever going to be fixed until he's been replaced by someone who can teach the those hired since merger what effective policing really requires. They have never been taught. You don't cut homicides asking people to be nicer and pretending gangs aren't the problem. "Do gangs have anything to do with it? There are some murders that we have that we believe to be related to gangs, or maybe not even necessarily