And the SOE definitely helped in keeping gang related murders down. It ended last month and so far, things have been quiet. The ComPol had mentioned previously that he told the detainees to hand over their weapons if they were serious about changing their lives. We asked him today how many weapons they got.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"We didn't get as much as we expected, we got a total of 19 weapons, different calibers and a number of ammunition so those were collected and have been submitted as found property and we sent to the National Forensic Unit firearm or ballistic unit for testing."
Reporter
"What has the observation been in the wake of that extended SOE in terms of how the gangs interact with each other at this point?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Well we do have follow ups. Brother Nuri is tasked to ensure that he does follow up with them. We want to ensure that we have a system where they don't just come out of SOE and we leave them right there. We want to do programs with them so Brother Nuri and LIU are tasked in ensuring that we do follow ups and different programs with them. We have a system where they were told that if it is there is some issue brewing between them and other groups, for them to come forward and let us know and we'll step in and do interventions, mediations. I think some of them are very serious about trying to make a change and so we must do what we can to help them with that change. I know at time it is difficult because when you may want to change then others are not so willing to change and you become a target so there's a trust issue there still between them and we must work with them to see how best we can resolve that trust issue."
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