Gregg Harris Quotations

Whether you are a strong swimmer or not, you need a PFD when you're on the water. Water in Indiana doesn't get above 70 degrees. When you first hit that cold water, your body tenses up, and that's where mistakes happen.

He is the only mayor that ever sent pink slips to cops.

I think we've taken a step back in dealing with gangs,

I think there were mistakes made. We don't want them to happen again. They could have cost one of our lives.

Some looters came up and pulled a gun on the wrong group of men,

We've been restoring this house for 20 years.

Two men were shot right there, ... One was shot in the back, the other in the leg, and the third I was told made it a block and a half before he died in the street. I did not go down to see the body.

We were really afraid of fires. These old houses are so close together that if one was set afire, the whole street would all go up. We lived in terror for a week.

Originally it was just Squad 14 and Medic 14, but once they arrived and saw the scene here it was upgraded to a box alarm,

This car came up the ramp on 29th Street, hit the mound of dirt just before the bridge, went airborne and came through the bridge under construction.

For five days we didn't need FEMA, the Red Cross or the National Guard, ... The neighborhood took care of itself.

If there is an explosion and a manhole (cover) becomes a projectile, it could cause injury and possibly death.

The hurricane was a breeze compared with the crime and terror that followed.