David Simon is talking about one particular administration, he later says in the same interview: "And tellingly, when his successor as mayor allows a new polic

David Simon is talking about one particular administration, he later says in the same interview: "And tellingly, when his successor as mayor allows a new police commissioner to finally de-emphasize street sweeps and mass arrests and instead focus on gun crime, that’s when the murder rate really dives. That’s when violence really goes down. When a drug arrest or a street sweep is suddenly not the standard for police work, when violence itself is directly addressed, that’s when Baltimore makes some progress."