Former Ferguson, Missouri, offers perspective on civil unrest across America

The images of unrest and protest are familiar to a South Florida law enforcement official.

MIAMI AND IN FERGUSON.NEWSCHANNEL FIVESCZESNY TODAY SPOKE WITH HIM &NOW THAT HESOUTH FLORIDA ROOTS.<< 220706“MY HISTORY INMIAMI, MY HISTORY HAS BEENACTUALLY A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVEBECAUSE I GREW UP IN ANEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HADCIVIL UNREST IN THE 1980S”FOR CAPTAIN DELRISH MOSS OFTHE FLORIDA INTERNATIONALUNIVERSITY POLICE FORCE THATWAS ONLY BEGINNING.

A FORMERMIAMI POLICE OFFICER ANDPOLICE CHIEF IN FERGUSON INTHE MONTHS AFTER THE VIOLENCETHEREÃHE SAYS HE TOOK OVER ADEPARTMENT IN TURMOIL IN ACOMMUNITY THAT HAD LOST TRUSTWITH POLICE.

HIS JOB WAS OOF REBUILDING.

220407“ONE OFTHE THINGS I THOUGHT TO DO INFERGUSON WAS COME UP WITHPOLICIES THAT ACTUALLYADDRESSED THAT, BECAUSE A LOTOF THAT HAS TO COME DOWN FROMTHE TOP, SENDING A MESSAGE ANDCREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOROFFICERS TO REPORTMISCONDUCT” MOSS IT WASSOMETHING HE LEARNED AS ANOFFICER IN MIAMI OVER A DECADEEARLIERÃNOW HE SAYS THENATIONWIDE RESPONSE OFPROTESTORS REACTING INRESPONSE TO MINNEAPOLIS ISSOMETHING NEW AND A MESSAGE HESAYS THAT POLICE NEED TORESPOND TO.

221340“RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL,WHEN I GOT TO FERGUSON THEREWAS A WHOLE SIDE OF FERGUSONWHEN I TALKED TO POLICEOFFICERS THEY WERE, CHIEF WEDONFIRST DAY IWALKING AND KNOCKING ON DOORSIN FERGUSON AND SAYING HEY ITHE NEW GUY IN TOWN IPOLICE CHIEF AND I CAME TOTALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE CANDO TO IMPROVE, A LOT WERESURPRISED BUT THEY WELCOMEDTHAT SURPRISE” AND FORCAPTAIN DELRISH MOSSÃIT WASA PATH TO PEACE.

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