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Gainesville Police ramp up downtown presence

Gainesville Police Officer Mike Hand walks through downtown Gainesville Tuesday, April 2, 2019, while on duty. GPD has a five-officer unit responsible for community policing downtown and in the surrounding parks. - photo by Scott Rogers

04032019 PRECINCT 3.jpg — Gainesville Police Officer Mike Hand walks through downtown Gainesville Tuesday, April 2, 2019, while on duty. GPD has a five-officer unit responsible for community policing downtown and in the surrounding parks. - photo by Scott Rogers

As the weather warms, expect Gainesville Police to increase presence in the downtown square and midtown. Gainesville Police Chief Jay Parrish added three officers to the community relations unit headed by Sgt. Kevin Holbrook. This five-officer unit is responsible for community policing downtown and in the surrounding parks.