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>> okay. you have narcotics and gangs. >> we have it in l. am and detroit. >> after the gray case in baltimore, police officers are saying maybe i don't want to be too aggressive anymore. the reason he stopped, it's the same police work. >> earl your assessment? >> the problem with the freddie gray case is six officers were charged with murder and manslaughter. >> they add miss to that. problems of that sort lead to problems and the oversight we don't see. >> do you think grays death led to it? >> it could be a work slowdown. probably illegal. hen you hear people say i don't want any trouble, ...

Baltimore city. the argument the riot so horrible the entire city terrified, an emergency city wide curfew, public officials like the mayor police chief and state's attorney making comments there's no way an impartial jury can be sat, a fair trial, out of the question. a change of venue would not sit well in the neighborhood where freddie gray was arrested and the worst of the rioting occurred. >> if we have a change of venue from a predominantly african-american city of baltimore, maryland to a lighter neighboring counties where it's predominantly white, where they may seeking to get a lot of...

Next one charged with excessive force? >> absolutely. it's escalating policing. the police have taken on regrettably in large measure a hands-off approach. as a consequence, it's left itself open to this kind of crime and criminal element. we're right in the community, really believing that we're going to have to start policing ourselves, but we're also going to have to bridge the enmity between the police and the community. we don't believe that all police are negative. we think there's some great police officers right here in baltimore. we want to work with them because we've got to put balt...

Surrounding them. we have to send out multiple units at any time just doing basic police work in the western right now that says we have to work on the community engagement. >> reporter: a veteran baltimore police officer who asked to keep his identity hidden tells cnn the spike in murders and gun crimes in baltimore is a direct result of a coordinated police work slowdown. why do you think there is a great increase in the murder rate and the number of shootings in this town? >> officers stopped being proactive. >> not patrolling? >> not patrolling. stopped being proactive. >> stopped talking ...

There's any kind of organized work slowdown. but there are suspicions because of the rift between many police officers and mayor bill de blasio. union officials say that they are scared and that police officers are doing their job. and they point to this. two officers who were at the end of their shifts who raced to a robbery scene in the bronx on monday and were shot by suspects. the father of one of those officers told cnn's don lemon about the moment he was told his son had been hit. >> the first thing that comes to your head is like this really can't be happening. and then of course when h...