The strong showing of police officers protesting sixteen layoffs within the department continues to capture the attention of many in the city. For New Haven native William Moore, he prays smaller numbers don't cause bigger problems in his problematic section of his West River neighborhood.
Moore says he gets worried when he is walking around town.
"It needs to be a little better," says Moore.
The police war on crime isn't going anywhere, but neither is the controversy that is surrounding.
Union heads haven't gone on camera since the day of the protest. A source within the department told News 8 that on the day of the protest, union leadership went into the office of John DeStefano, closed the door, and the mayor asked them who's in charge of all the people out on the street. The source says that surprised leadership members, because they figured the mayor should know the answer to that question which was, Police Chief Frank Limon. The source says the force is screaming for leadership and begging for some direction.
As far as the protest goes, as soon as police officers were asked to get off of Church Street, they did. Everyone moved to the sidewalk. In addition, the source says the eight to ten officers that were on duty at the time of the protest had their radios on, they could have responded to any call when asked.
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