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CHANGES. IN BRISTOL, I'M KENT
A SEA OF BLUE TODAY...
AT THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING
THAT LEFT A TODDLER IN THE
HOSPTIAL. INSTEAD OF
CONDUCTING ROLL CALL
'BEHIND-CLOSED-DOORS'... THE
NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT
TOOK IT OUTDOORS. NEWS
8'S JEFF VALIN AND
PHOTOGROPHER GEORGE ROELOFSEN
WERE THE áONLYá NEWS TEAM TO
CATCH THE SHOW OF SUPPORT AND
FORCE. JEFF IS LIVE THIS
NOON... AT THE SCENE OF THE
STREET....
THE NAME "KENSINGTON" COMES
FROM A DISTRICT IN LONDON ...
AND NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
NEW HAVEN, THE POLICE CHIEF IS
USING AN IDEA COMING FROM
MERRY OLDE ENGLAND ... TO TAKE
CARE OF
USING AN IDEA COMING FROM
BUSINESS HERE AT HOME.
CHIEF DEAN ESSERMAN / NEW
HAVEN POLICETYISHA WALKER /
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTDENNISE
ALVAREZ / LIVES IN NEIGHBORHOOD
(OPEN WITH NATS8:38:23 - 27I
WANT THIS INVESTIGATED LIKE IF
IT WAS A KID THAT BELONGED TO
YOU.)THEIR THURSDAY SHIFT
BEGAN WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL,
JUST NOT IN THE USUAL PLACE.
8:51:51 - 54WE'RE TAKING ROLL
CALL AND WE'RE GOING RIGHT TO
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.NEW
HAVEN POLICE OFFICERS FROM ALL
OVER THE CITY, GETTING THEIR
DAILY BRIEFING IN FRONT OF 60
KENSINGTON STREET, WHERE A 16-
MONTH-OLD TODDLER TOOK A
BULLET FROM A DRIVE-BY SHOOTER
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.8:51:56 -
52:03WE'RE DOING IT TO MAKE A
STATEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY,
THAT WE'RE THEIR POLICE, THAT
WE LOVE THEIR CHILDREN, AND
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING
JUSTICE TO THE FAMILY.THE
PUBLIC ROLL CALL, AN IDEA
CHIEF DEAN ESSERMAN BROUGHT
WITH HIM FROM HIS DAYS IN
PROVIDENCE, ONE HE SAYS HE
BORROWED FROM A COMMISSIONER
IN ENGLAND. A NEIGHBORHOOD ON
EDGE DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND A
BIT OF POLICE PLAGIARISM.
8:48:50 - 58I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT. A BABY GOT SHOT
YESTERDAY. I THINK WE NEED TO
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE
DON'T WANT THIS TYPE OF
BEHAVIOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.WITH
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO
THINK OF, THIS MOM SAYS SHE'S
ENCOURAGED BY THE LITERAL SHOW
OF FORCE.8:56:39 - 44...BUT,
I'M HOPING THAT THEY WOULD
JUST KEEP MORE COPS AROUND,
YOU KNOW, WATCH, ESPECIALLY
OVERNIGHT.BUT THIS ISN'T JUST
A MORALE BOOST. THERE'S THE
CORNERING THE COWARD WHO PUT A
TODDLER WITHIN AN INCH OF HIS
LIFE.8:52:28 - 37I HOPE A LOT
THEIR WINDOWS AND SEEING NEW
HAVEN'S FINEST, AND MAYBE
BUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TALKING TO US.
THE CHIEF ISN'T TIPPING HIS
CARDS, BUT HE SAYS HE IS VERY
CONFIDENT HIS CHARGES WILL
CATCH UP WITH THE GUNMAN AND
MAKE AN ARREST SOON. IN NEW
HAVEN,
CATCH UP WITH THE GUNMAN AND
JEFF VALIN, NEWS 8.