Longueuil Agglomeration Police Department director Fady Dagher said the rise in gun violence among youths associated with street gangs has changed the way police investigate.
The method of investigation in which the police targeted the leaders of an organization to dismantle it with the increasing force of street gangs and youths following their culture of violence is now done.
We need to change the way we listen on earth. Small spontaneous bullying on social networks, which used to be common, can lead to hunting. What worries me the most is the amount of weapons seized from the youth. They carry weapons, air guns … They do it to defend themselves or to impressanalyzes the police chief in Longueuil.
To predict violent actions, the police must look everywhere: on the streets, on social networks, in secondary schools, in prisons, etc.
” Cooperation has never been so good between police forces in the Montreal region to combat armed violence. And we will get there. In the short term, no, but in the medium term, yes. “
The Minister of Public Security, Geneviève Guilbault, met with key police chiefs of the metropolitan region. The goal is to learn about the action plans and needs of the Sûreté du Québec, Montreal Police Service, Longueuil and Laval police.
I don’t want people to have the perception that the police are asking for more resources. But I will give you the example of the highly specialized criminal investigation community. If I had one or two hunts with killings in two days, my teams would all be mobilized here. If the third day I was going to have another shootout with murder, to whom would I put that?explained Mr. Dagher.
These violent events require the multiplication of specialized teams. We can offer more patrollers, cities where there are hunts, these are really reinforcements to the special investigation they needHe added.
According to Fady Dagher, the police need more than ever community partners to support young people before they are brought into armed violence and the financial benefit of street gangs.
We do not ask community organizations to enter youth groups to denounce those who commit acts. We want their help to prevent crime by offering alternatives to young people seeking identity during adolescence.end by Fady Dagher.
Source: Radio-Canada
