The current strategies of the Mayor and the Chief have been proven by experts to not work in reducing homicides. What works is letting criminals know there are severe penalties for being violent and they will get hammered hard in a most punitive style every time by the system. This is referred to as pulling levers. It's worked in Boston and many other cities. When those cities start talking about prison reform, leniency and setting violent criminals free, violent crime instantly goes up.
The current strategies of the Mayor and the Chief have been proven by experts to not work in reducing homicides. What works is letting criminals know there are severe penalties for being violent and they will get hammered hard in a most punitive style every time by the system. This is referred to as pulling levers. It's worked in Boston and many other cities. When those cities start talking about prison reform, leniency and setting violent criminals free, violent crime instantly goes up.