Sentences with phrase «hampered police efforts»

Postmedia reports that Ottawa Police Association President Matt Skof says new rules that regulate when police can stop someone and ask for their identification have hampered police efforts to stop gun crime.

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The Department of Homeland Security plans to close a New York - based laboratory that has helped the city's Police and Fire Departments develop systems to detect nuclear and biological threats, a move that some local officials fear could hamper the city's efforts to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks.

«Losing Navarro at this critical time will hamper the countless efforts to reduce crime, lose momentum in implementing strategic crime prevention initiatives and damage already repaired police - community relations,» reads a letter sent to the department from dozens of community residents.