And while we got Rosado to comment on the hot button issue of corruption in the issuance of gun licenses - he was out on the streets following in the footsteps of his former colleague, the now deceased William Dawson.
Following his death, the LIU has gone through an adjustment period after the man who basically made it in his own image. Rosado, who has worked closely with the LIU since its inception, told us today that during some of their routine police walks through the neighborhoods, they received significant feedback on effective mediation strategies. From what he's been hearing one thing remains clear that no one can do it quite like Dawson did.
Dr Richard Rosado, Deputy Commissioner of Police
"Well first of all we are going around meeting the different community leaders, the elders and trying to get an understanding or a feel or a perception of a tension that might exist on the ground and to see if there is a need for us to do any mitigation. and what we have been learning this morning form letting the different neighborhoods is that many of the guys are asking for us to return back to the William Dawson trauma informed mediation when we had mediation because back then William Dawson's mediation use to involve the councilor and the psychologist and the guys are asking us that we return back to those forms of mediation rather than police mediation."
"I do support the William Dawson Trauma informed mediation. And I believe that that is the direction we should go. Any mediation should not be led by the police but by the multisectorial team along with the counselors and psychologists."
