In 2019, there were 45 victims of homicide. Again, there were 61 total this year.
Jess Winters went on to ask James at a recent news conference if he would have done anything differently.
"I could say I would have directed more resources toward tactical units. It's really hard to say that because you just don't know what's coming," James explained. "We made the best decision we could with the information we had. Looking back, yeah, there are probably things we could've done differently but that's very difficult to determine."
In a year filled with so many challenges for the department, like the pandemic and summer protests surrounding social injustices, Chief James is looking ahead to 2021 solutions.