Residents grill 72nd Precinct top cop on crime in Sunset Park
SUNSET PARK — The increase in crime in Sunset Park was the subject — and Deputy Inspector Emmaneul Gonzalez, the commanding officer of the 72nd Precinct, was the featured speaker — during a forum organized by Rev. Samuel Cruz, the senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church earlier this month.
A sizable crowd of residents gathered at the church, 411 46th St., on Wednesday, Feb. 5 to discuss the issue, as well as the police response, especially in the wake of the new bail reform and discovery laws.
“We have so many concerns and we want to say that we’re unsatisfied with some of the answers provided,” Cruz told Gonzalez. “We’ve heard too often from some officers [that] that they can’t do much because of the new criminal justice reform that is happening in the state.”