of what is happening in the neighborhoods, are thinks getter better or worse? the was a huge spike in shootings and murders two years ago and since then things are better. there is a new police superintented, gary mccarthy, who is putting new strategy in putting in officers where they had the most crime and that has brought the numbers down. last year to this year, though, the murder numbers are on pace with last year. it has been through mid-april, mid to late april there has been about a hundred murders in the 4-5 last years. so improved in some ways and about the same in others taking a look at what the new sup superintendant is doing. he set-up patrols in the neighborhoods hit the hardest.