Police, bolstered by tips from a more responsive citizenry, responded aggressively. Building on the groundwork laid when Miami-Dade police took down Vonda's Gang and the Boobie Boy drug families, law officials made even more headway this year. The police effort, however, has its critics. How come things got worse in the last 20 years, and in the last three years concerned people, residents, agencies came together, deliberated on issues, implemented strategies and you're seeing changes,'' he said. Miami Police Lt.
People can only save themselves from themselves.
Law enforcement can only do so much,'' said John Jones, director of the Florida Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Non-Violence. Just because things are quiet doesn't mean there's peace,'' Jones said. Indications are that remaining sellers moved over a few blocks, and that some are attempting to regain earlier strongholds. We're not gonna stop drug sales, but we've eliminated a lot of the violence associated with it,'' said Miami Police Sgt. Pronouncements like that bring guarded cheer to Charles Wellons, an aide to U.S. Rep Carrie Meek.