Fort Lauderdale police have rejected several claims in the media that the area has seen increased violence this year during spring break, saying reports may have been “misinterpreted.”
Assistant Chief Frank Sousa of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department took issue with reports that his department is increasing staffing following a shooting that occurred Thursday morning. He also pushed back on claims that there has been an increased level of violence this year during spring break.
“We’ve made two arrests since spring break started,” Sousa told Fox News. “One of them was a local person, and the other was a spring breaker.”
(Assistant Chief Frank Sousa, Fort Lauderdale Police)
“I don’t even consider the shooting part of spring break,” he said. “It could have happened at any time during the year: it was between locals.”
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