Acevedo says 86 percent of shootings in the City of Miami take place in five neighborhoods.
“Poor communities which sadly are the ones most impacted by violent crime they don’t want to defund the police. They want better policing and they want enhanced safety like every community in this country,” Acevedo said.
To make these neighborhoods safe, Acevedo said he’s deploying more than 130 officers to the specific areas with the most trouble: Little Havana, Little Haiti, Allapattah, Overtown, and Model City.
So far this year, 22 people have been killed in Miami. 15 were murdered at the same time in last year.