Roanoke Police hope a 16-month effort to eliminate drug dealing in a street sales hotspot sets a new model for reducing crime citywide. It’s called the “Drug Market Initiative,” and as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, it does not follow police procedures that have been typical in the past.

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