they re jumping on the opportunity. walls spent three years as a patrol officer before joining the gangs unit. the mannheim strip frustrated him even then. the residents of the area would complain to me about the issues on mannheim, but i can only do so much. i can do traffic stops. there were times when i would have binoculars and i would be watching certain houses, certain motels, you know, doing my own quote unquote, narcotics investigations even in patrol. i figured that eventually i would have opportunity to eventually do something up there. then this year i was fortunate, they have given us opportunity to branch out and to do something different. something has to be done. you got good hard-working people in these communities up there and their kids are walking down the street past prostitutes and drug dealers every day.