) - Downtown business owners on Wednesday met with police officials – an annual gathering before Mardi Gras that took on added significance in light of a New Year’s Eve shooting on Dauphin Street.
“That may sound like a small change,” said Capt. Matt Garrett, the commander of the Mobile Police Department’s Central Precinct encompassing downtown. “But I assure you, to the officers who work down there, and the business owners will probably tell you, that nipping that situation in the bud will prevent quite a bit of unruly behavior.”
“My sales are down but not drastically in comparison to past years, the first couple of weeks,” he said.“It’ll be the first Artwalk, I guess the first event since New Year’s Eve,” he said, “So we’ll see what the turnout is like Friday, and then I can actually start doing a comparison.”new Mobile County District Attorney