Police working to end violence, ease community fears

Great post! I couldn't agree more.

Additionally, the department should do press releases (instead of giving the media partial information) regarding the actual facts surrounding the majority of the murders in the city. For instance, maybe the news should report the bags of cocaine found on a murder scene, instead of interviewing the thug's buddies that say what a great and respectable person the victim (and I use that word loosely) was. Or maybe mention that the person was a known gang member connected to (fill in the blank).

The large majority of the people that the police are failing to "protect" from violence in this city, are the criminal turds that are actively pursuing that lifestyle. It's rare that a completely innocent citizen gets caught up in violence. I'm not saying it never happens, but that's the exception, not the rule.