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One person got shot. All year.
That was the year-end report from the Hill North policing district.
Lt. Holly Wasilewski (pictured), top cop in that neighborhood (the Hill’s eastern half), made the report Thursday. The district, home over the years to some of New Haven’s most active gang-bangers, has been relatively quiet under Wasilewski’s team’s oversight. It had a total of one reported shooting in 2013, compared to 7 the year before. Also, the district had no murders.
In addition to citing the hard work of her beat officers, Wasilewski credited the joint federal-state-local law-enforcement takedown of the Grape Street Crips gang with helping clear the way long-term for her cops to keep the district safe. The federal grand jury indicted 18 alleged members of the gang in 2012.
Lt. Holly is BOSS!!!! She's well appreciated in Hill South also. Our new District Manager, Lt. Reyes is expected to great things to keep Hill South quiet and safe too!!!! Keep up the great work.