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Box 1900 • Windham, Maine 04062 • Toll Free: 1 855 808 1888The U.S.A.GUEST EDITORIALBy Donald J. MihalekJeff Rose photoFOR LAW ENFORCEMENT®IN DEFENSE OFPublisherStanley R. HarrisExecutive PublisherVirginia CommanderGroup PublisherShirley SteffenAssociate PublisherKarin LevineManaging EditorLinas CernauskasAssociate EditorCara DonaldsonAssistant EditorGreg LickenbrockArt DirectorJames AlloccaCover DesignSocrates GomezContributorsMassad Ayoob, David Bahde, William Bell,Rob Garrett, Brian Haughton, Richard Johnson,Fred Mastison, Donald J. Mihalek, D.K. Pridgen,Tim Stetzer, Peter Suciu, Chad Thompson,Sean Utley, Scott W. Wagner, Steve WoodsProduction DirectorSpiro MaroulisDirector DigitalKim ShayCirculation DirectorTim HannonSocial Media DirectorClaudia BircuAdvertising Production ManagerDanielle CorreaAdvertising RepresentativeLeticia HenryAdvertising CoordinatorEmily LeeWeb CoordinatorNicole BarronSTOP & FRISKHow this prevention tactic has helped reduce NYC’s crime rates!Daquan Breland and Daquan Wright, both alleged gang members, stood on a street cornerin the Brownsville section of Brooklyn on a Sunday in September 2013. They weren’t justhanging out—they were looking for a target.Anthony Hennis, a reputed Crips member and thug, had just picked up his one-year-old son,Antiq, and placed him in a stroller for a short walk down the street to visit Hennis’ grandmother.When Breland and Wright saw the elder Hennis, witnesses say Wright handed a gun toBreland, who fired. Four shots rang out, allegedly aimed at the father, but the poor marksmanmissed and killed the one-year-old Antiq. The boy was hit in the face, taking the bullet meant forhis alleged criminal father. Antiq was the 16th child under the age of six to be shot and killed inNew York City since mid-May of 2013.A few weeks prior, U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled on a class-action law-suit that New York City’s “stop and frisk” tactics violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendmentrights of the plaintiffs. It should be noted that the city disputed the plaintiff’s fact patterns, butregardless, the city was ordered to stop the tactic as its methods were placed under review. Thejudge ruled, in essence, that the tactic should be used in a “neutral/non-biased” manner.The NYPD, which has steadily worked to drop crime to record-low levels, said that the poli-cy—in which police stop, question and frisk people they consider suspicious—is used to detercrime. It can be argued that had police stopped, questioned and frisked Breland and Wrightbefore the shooting, it would have deterred a crime.Crime PreventionMayor Bloomberg said the policy was one of a number of programs that helped the city’smurder rate drop. In fact, it’s 50 percent below the rate when he took office nearly 12 years ago.Bloomberg said, “That has nothing to do with, however, where we stop people. We go towhere the reports of crime are. Those unfortunately happen to be poor neighborhoods and mi-nority neighborhoods. But that’s not the original objective or the intent or how we get there. Weget there when there’s a crime reported, and we will continue to do that.”The parties to the lawsuit, of course, disagree and want law enforcement work conducted in aneutral manner everywhere and want peoples rights protected. On its face, that seems great—ifcrime occurred at the same levels everywhere. Most would argue, though, that stopping, ques-tioning and frisking people in Times Square will not curb gun violence in the most violent placesin New York City or elsewhere.Despite the disproportionate crime levels in violent areas, where police are desperately need-ed, the groups suing would apparently rather see “neutral” enforcement while violence-plaguedareas continually suffer from gangs and thugs.Law enforcement’s job is to protect people’s rights—including one-year-olds like Antiq. They doso by finding and apprehending would-be killers like Breland and Wright before they commit a crime.But criminals aren’t stupid, and they know what the “rules” are and exploit them to commit crime.For police, one of their greatest assets is experience. The experience of either growing up inan area they work in, or working those streets for years. That experience gives them a grasp ofcriminal conduct that others can’t pick up on. Some of that conduct is subtle—the way someoneis walking (indicative of carrying a gun), their actions on a street corner, etc. Those experiencesare sometimes tough to articulate and some may wrongly view it through the prism of “unfair”law enforcement.Unfortunately, as Bloomberg said, crimes and specifically violent crimes disproportionatelyoccur in crime-ridden areas. So what are the police and elected leaders to do? Adopt a “neutral”wait-and-see approach and just continue to respond to murders like Antiq’s? That tactic is aproven failure, and most people in those communities would then criticize the police for not caringor dedicating enough resources to their community to curb crime.NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the motive for the shooting is still unclear, and that theboy’s father was not cooperating with the investigation. The lesson? Monday-morning quarterback-ing a proven tactic like “stop, question and if suspicious frisk” only does two things: It empowers thecriminals and continues to make children like Antiq pay for the sins of their parents.Harris Publications, Inc.Harris Tactical Group1115 Broadway, New York, NY 10010Phone: 212-807-7100; Fax: 212-463-9958General Information:tactical-life.com • tactical-life@harris-pub.comFor subscriptions, single copies,back issues, or gift orders,please call us at 800-866-2886.TO THE READERS:Be advised that there may be productsrepresented in this magazine as to which sale, possession orinterstate transportation thereof may be restricted, prohibited orsubject to special licensing requirements. Prospective purchas-ers should consult the local law enforcement authorities in theirareas. 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