It would be very frustrating, because we would be continuously dealing with the same people over and over. That's been my experience in the last several years. It's the same group of people—even family members who traffic drugs, and they're trafficking in the serious drugs fentanyl, cocaine and heroin. People are dying in this community.
We look to the justice system and there has to be some sort of deterrent, like I said before. I always speak of the victims because that's why I became officer; it was to help people in my community. Even others coming to this community, who are non-community members, have a right to be protected and feel safe in this community, as well, and with the infestation of drugs there's violence that goes along with that.
Seeing that over and over again, you can see it in the eyes of the officers. They're thinking, “We have to go to this place again and deal with this violence again”. Hopefully, there's something that comes out of this, so that there is a deterrent that stays in place for simple possession.
Yes, we have a drug strategy committee in here to help the people with the addiction. That is forefront to us, because law enforcement is only one spoke in the wheel to help this community.