AG: Police rehearsed before putting 300 boots on ground in Maloney

At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie, SC, says the Po­lice Ser­vice did sev­er­al “dry runs” be­fore it im­ple­ment­ed the first closed area un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act.

The Mal­oney com­mu­ni­ty, which falls un­der Dis­trict 2, has been closed since No­vem­ber 10, a day af­ter a vi­ral video show­ing chil­dren and oth­er res­i­dents run­ning for cov­er dur­ing gun­fire at the Mal­oney Build­ings on Mon­day.

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Speak­ing yes­ter­day on TTT’s Fo­cus talk show, Je­re­mie was asked whether po­lice were ready to im­ple­ment the leg­is­la­tion.