Quynh Pham, executive director of Friends of Little Saigon, said she built a relationship with Diaz during concerted police crackdowns downtown and at 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in Little Saigon earlier this year. “He’s been pretty attentive to our needs and concerns and very accessible to the community,” said Pham.
Though the targeted campaign this spring helped “break up the pattern of criminal activity” in the neighborhood, explained Pham, it hasn’t led to sustained change. She said a lot of the problems have just relocated to other corners in the neighborhood, and now that Diaz is on his way to becoming the permanent police chief, Pham wants
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