>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BEATING DEATH OF 29-YEAR-OLD TYRE NICHOLS AFTER A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER WITH THE SCORPION UNIT OF THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOW DISBANDED. WELL, MANY COMMUNITIES ARE NOW EXPRESSING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR OWN ELITE POLICE FORCES. >> ONE SUCH UNIT IN FLORIDA IS GAINING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR ITS EFFORTS TO TRY TO BUILD TRUST AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS. VICTOR IS HERE TO TELL US MORE. >> Reporter: AMID THOSE NATIONWIDE CALLS TO DISBAND THESE SPECIALIZED POLICE UNITS, WE SPENT TIME WITH THE WEST PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF AND THEIR TEAM, WHICH GOES BY G.H.O.S.T. THE CHIEF INSISTS HIS TEAM DOES THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T WANT TO BREAK THIS TEAM UP. THEY WANT MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS. THESE OFFICERS ARE PART OF A SPECIAL UNIT CALLED G.H.O.S.T., GANG AND HABITUAL OFFENDER SUPPRESSION TEAM, FOCUSING ON HIGH-CRIME AREAS. WITHIN MINUTES OF LEAVING WEST GUAM BEACH POLICE HEADQUARTERS -- >> WE'RE GOING IN TO ASSIST. >> Reporter: A CALL FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE CAME IN, AND WE WERE IN PURSUIT. >> WE'RE BEHIND A -- >> Reporter: THE G.H.O.S.T. UNIT IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 12 EXPERIENCED OFFICERS WHO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL TRAINING ONCE SELECTED, INCLUDING FIELD TACTICS. G.H.O.S.T. IS SIMILAR TO THE NOW-DISBANDED SCORPION UNIT IN MEMPHIS, BEHIND THE BRUTAL BEATING AND DEATH OF 29-YEAR-OLD TYRE NICHOLS, WHERE FIVE OFFICERS WERE FIRED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER, PUTTING POLICE REFORM BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS TO DISBAND UNITS LIKE THESE, BUT YOU FEEL THIS G.H.O.S.T. TEAM DOES SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE. >> SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE, AND WE DON'T -- WE'RE NOT GETTING CALLS IN OUR CITY TO DISBAND IT. I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEY WANT MORE OF THEM. THEY DON'T WANT LESS. >> CHIEF OF POLICE FROM CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. >> HOW COULD WE PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED IN MEMPHIS TO NOT HAPPEN HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY? >> Reporter: CONFIDENCE AND TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS KEY TO GOOD POLICING. >> JUST THINK OF WHAT THAT NOTABLE DIFFERENCE IT WOULD MAKE IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: HE HAS AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY AND REGULARLY HOLDS TOWN HALLS, THIS WEEK AT A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CHURCH WITH CONCERNED RESIDENTS IN THE WAKE OF TYRE NICHOLS' DEATH. THEY WANT CRIME STAMPED OUT PROPERLY. >> WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE OUT HERE TONIGHT? >> I THINK ON THE CUSP OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER IN MEMPHIS, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KNOW LOCALLY WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HEADS FELT, THOUGHT, WANTED TO REALLY JUST GET AN IDEA AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE TONE-DEAF TO SOME OF THE AGONY AND CONFUSION THAT A LOT OF US HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: HAVING THE CHIEF TAKE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT HOW TRUST GETS BUILT? >> I THINK THAT'S THE BEGINNING. I THINK THE CHIEF CHALLENGING HIS OFFICERS TO DO WHAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS TALKED ABOUT, GET OUT OF THE CARS, HAVE THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS LIKE HE'S DOING, BUT LEADERSHIP STARTS IT OFF. THIS IS DEFINITELY A GOOD START. >> Reporter: CHIEF ADDERLEY SAYS HE HOLDS HIS OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, FIRING SEVERAL THROUGHOUT HIS FOUR YEARS AS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT. >> WE REALLY SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE USE OF FORCE. WE LOOK AT COMPLAINTS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING REVIEWED ON A DAILY BASIS. >> Reporter: BACK TO THE PURSUIT OF THE STOLEN CAR IN WEST PALM BEACH. >> WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHASE. >> Reporter: THE TEAM, STANDING DOWN ONCE THEY DECIDED THE CHASE PUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT RISK. MOMENTS LATER, THEY SPOTTED TWO MEN IN A PARK THAT WAS CLOSED AND SMELLED WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS MARIJUANA AS THEY DROVE BY. THEY CALLED FOR BACK-UP. >> NOBODY WANTS THEIR KIDS TO GO TO THE PARK AND HAVE PEOPLE DOING DRUGS AND HAVING GUNS WHEN THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. IT'S NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYBODY. SO, AT THIS PARK, YOU BARELY SEE ANY KIDS BECAUSE OF THAT EXACT REASON. IT SUCKS. >> Reporter: WITH ANOTHER G.H.O.S.T. UNIT ALONGSIDE, THEY APPROACH BOTH MEN AND SEARCH FOR NARCOTICS. >> HE HAD THE MARIJUANA, AND SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST, WE LOCATED CRACK COCAINE. >> Reporter: THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THIS G.H.O.S.T. TEAM, TAKE CARE OF STUFF LIKE THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER. DEFINITELY. >> Reporter: AND ONE THING WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS IS THAT THEY APPRECIATE THE CHIEF'S INITIATIVE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY FEEL THAT MORE COULD BE DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. GUYS? >> HEY, VICTOR, HOW DO OFFICERS BECOME A PART OF THE G.H.O.S.T. TEAM? ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS OR TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED BEFORE THEY CAN JOIN? >> Reporter: RIGHT, SO, THEY MUST HAVE SERVED TIME ON PATROL AND THEN FROM THERE, ONCE THEY GET SELECTED, THEY DO THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING LIKE LEARNING SOME NEW FIELD TACTICS AND THERE'S ALSO A PAPERWORK SIDE TO THIS WHERE THEY LEARN HOW TO WRITE WARRANTS, BUT WHAT I'M TOLD, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK THEIR SOURCES AND MAKE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE KEY TO GOOD POLICING.