[Music] community members came forward with allegations of criminal Behavior associated with a market across the street from Dawson Park a year-long investigation culminated in an arrest detectives believe that the trafficking of drugs in and out of the store has been a contributing factor to the open air drug Market here at the park as well as some of the gun violence in this area it's an investment by the men and women of the police Bureau who I'm immensely proud of who took on this Challenge and have spent as we just just highlighted almost a year working on it I'm so proud of the work the police Bureau is doing and the sacrifice that the men and women are making not just on their own but with the community with our leaders learning and addressing problems through a data-driven approach that's producing results as we saw in this uh search warrant our folks in Patrol we always St on their shoulders with everything that we do and I think this also speaks to the efficacy of our neighborhood response teams at North Central and East and and of course the expertise that our narcotics organized crime division gives us thank you for coming here to really highlight this very important Victory and I really am impressed and proud to sit here with Chief day and da Vasquez I'm so proud of the work that Portland Police has done here the work with our Maps attorney Alex Gara and the message that should be sent loud and clear is this the DA's office is here to work with the community to work with Portland Police because we will not tolerate individuals dealing these poisons on our streets here in front of our churches with our playgrounds and our children so close by it is absolutely unacceptable I'm grateful to the police for the fact number one that this was a year-long investigation it didn't just happen overnight number two I want to thank them for the importance of handling this situation in a very humane way [Music]