Pittsburgh’s public safety director said his office “sort of predicted something like this would happen,” referring to Friday morning’s shooting on the city’s South Side.Three people were injured, with one in critical condition. A police officer was injured in a scuffle.Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said extra patrols have been out on the South Side on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, visiting establishments in the area and trying to keep the streets safe.”There were multiple witnesses who were held, as well as some individuals being detained, and that would not have happened if it wasn’t for the quick work of the officers and the fast response of the paramedics and EMTs,” said Hissrich. On July 1, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Kylie Walker detailed the efforts police were making to step up their presence on the South Side. You can read more of her report here.Hissrich said surveillance cameras were “beneficial” to authorities in Friday’s incident, and that Public Safety intends to put more of them in the area.”We are kind of limited in the amount of cameras that we can have in the city, so we have to move cameras from one part of city to another,” he said. “Being that we are considering this right now a critical priority, we will be moving more cameras into the South Side area to cover more area where we believe there were problems last night and could be problems in the future.”In addition to the cameras, more light towers will be installed as early as Friday night, Hissrich said.He added that Public Safety is working with city officials regarding possible ways to change the traffic pattern on East Carson Street, with the idea of limiting vehicular traffic and allowing more space for pedestrians and for emergency vehicles to get through the area.
Pittsburgh’s public safety director said his office “sort of predicted something like this would happen,” referring to Friday morning’s shooting on the city’s South Side.
Three people were injured, with one in critical condition. A police officer was injured in a scuffle.
Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said extra patrols have been out on the South Side on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, visiting establishments in the area and trying to keep the streets safe.
“There were multiple witnesses who were held, as well as some individuals being detained, and that would not have happened if it wasn’t for the quick work of the officers and the fast response of the paramedics and EMTs,” said Hissrich.
On July 1, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Kylie Walker detailed the efforts police were making to step up their presence on the South Side. You can read more of her report here.
Hissrich said surveillance cameras were “beneficial” to authorities in Friday’s incident, and that Public Safety intends to put more of them in the area.
“We are kind of limited in the amount of cameras that we can have in the city, so we have to move cameras from one part of city to another,” he said. “Being that we are considering this right now a critical priority, we will be moving more cameras into the South Side area to cover more area where we believe there were problems last night and could be problems in the future.”
In addition to the cameras, more light towers will be installed as early as Friday night, Hissrich said.
He added that Public Safety is working with city officials regarding possible ways to change the traffic pattern on East Carson Street, with the idea of limiting vehicular traffic and allowing more space for pedestrians and for emergency vehicles to get through the area.