People are shooting their guns throughout the city. Residents feel enough isn't being done about it.
Several City Council members said at this week’s Public Safety Committee meeting that residents have been reporting random gunfire in their communities and they believe the police aren’t doing enough about it.
Adam McGough, District 10 council member and chair of the Public Safety Committee, admitted at this week’s meeting that he, too, often hears gunfire while at home and doesn’t report it to the police because he knows they are so strapped for resources. On the tech side of things, DPD has been using cameras, license plate readers, drones and shot detection systems to try to reduce random gunfire in the city. The shot detection systems use sound to try to determine the source of a shot. The jury is still out on the effectiveness of these devices, Igo said.
But Resendez said that he wanted DPD to understand the frustration his residents are expressing to him. “I think, though, that we have to have a willingness to be more aggressive in terms of at least, like you said, going and knocking on these even though it might not lead to a conviction, it might not lead to an arrest,” he said. “But if DPD is making its presence known and saying ‘Hey, someone’s reporting this house.
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