Michael Johnston: “It is a very different downtown than what you saw three…”

“I have folks who say, I don't like to come downtown, I don't feel safe. And I say, really? When did you come downtown last? And they say 2021. I say, okay, well, It is a very different downtown than what you saw three years ago. And so part of our obligation is both to deliver the results that actually drop the levels of crime, which is what we're doing with some of the historic decreases we've seen in the last year.” (18:27–18:31)

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