Still, Abbassi and his team seem to be slowly winning over key voices, including Corey Teague.He’s a formerly staunch critic of the department and is now an advisor to Officer-in-Charge Abbassi.“It’s the difference between night and day. You walk around downtown, and it’s a totally different vibe, if i can use that word. A totally different environment than what it was before. Before, it was an innate hostility. Whenever you would see an officer, you would just see it in the community. Now, you see more cohesiveness between the police department and the community,” said Teague.
