SANFORD, Fla. – The Sanford Police Department credits a long-running special tactical unit – the “Neighborhood Response Unit” – with lowering crime.
The NRU was created by the Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith when he took over shortly after the death of Trayvon Martin and the unrest in Sanford that followed.
Chief Smith’s aim was to work with the community he serves and to solve their crime by listening to them…