'Go down to Butternut and Knaul tonight and walk around for 15 minutes, then come back here tomorrow and "whine" about your experience.'
Officers Steve Bear, left, and Jim Hiltbrand of the Syracuse Police Department stand next to a "Stop-In" mobile policing unit at the corner of Highland Street and Knaul Street in the Northside of Syracuse. Three units have been been placed in some of the most crime saturated areas of the city to increase police presence. "Stop-In" is acronymic for "Strategic Team Orientated Policing In Neighborhoods". A new Syracuse police program is having officers work out of temporary trailers in neighborhoods with troubled histories to try to curb neighborhood violence and illegal activity. Here's what tipphill2006 had to say about it:
"Whining about it? It isn't safe for these people to walk out their front door! Go down to Butternut and Knaul tonight and walk around for 15 minutes, then come back here tomorrow and "whine" about your experience.
"What they need is cops actually walking the beat. At least a half-dozen in each of these neighborhoods."
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