((CHIEF RANDAL TAYLOR / IMPD :
"IF YOU WANT THINGS TO CHANGE
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU ARE
GOING TO GET INVOLVED."))(())
ALL NEW AT 10, A DEMAND FROM
THE NEW POLICE CHIEF OF
INDIANAPOLIS, AS HE PLEDGES TO
CUT VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY.
*BROOK*) RANDAL TAYLOR IS
TAKING OVER THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN A CITY THAT HAS
SEEN 8 MURDERS IN THE FIRST 9
DAYS OF 2020.*PHI*) HIS
SPECIFIC MISSION-- HELP CUT
DOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME IN
INDIANAPOLIS... AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME, WE'RE TAKING
QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO HIM ON
HOW HE PLANS TO DO IT. NEWS
8'S SIERRA HIGNITE TOOK THAT
CONVERSATION TO THE STREETS
FOR A ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW
WITH THE NEW POLICE CHIEF
*SIERR*) NEWLY APPOINTED
CHIEF.. RANDAL TAYLOR.. HAS
SOME BIG IDEAS ON HOW HE PLANS
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CRIME
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
*SIERR*) HE ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION ISN'T SOMETHING CAN
BE DONE OVER NIGHT.. BUT HE IS
CONFIDENT THAT THE ANSWER.. IS
WITHIN THE STREETS.
*SIERRA HIGNITE REPORTIN*)
((CHIEF RANDALL TAYLOR / IMPD
: "WE TOLD YOU GUYS THAT YOU
COULD PICK THE AREA FOR THIS
ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW SO TALK
TO ME ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE
ARE IN." "SO THIS AREA IS IN
OUR 46218 ZIP CODE, IN THE
RECENT PAST THIS HAS BEEN A
LITTLE BIG ROUGHER OF AN AREA.
A NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND
MURDERS.")) WE WERE ON MEADOW
DRIVE IN IMPD'S NORTH
DISTRICT.. BUT VIOLENT CRIME
IS TAKING IT'S TOLL ON
COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND THE
CITY. ((CHIEF RANDAL TAYLOR /
IMPD : "VIOLENCE IS ONE OF
THOSE THINGS THAT IT IS
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE
EFFECTED TOTALLY BY PATROL
PLANS AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO IS MAKE SURE WE GET
CONNECTED TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT
WOULD COMMIT VIOLENCE IN SUCH
A WAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO
COMMIT IT SO TRYING TO WORK A
LITTLE MORE ON THE HEART AND
THE MIND AS OPPOSED TO JUST
GOING OUT AND PULLING A
TRIGGER.")) TAYLOR SAYS OFTEN
TIMES POLICE KNOW WHO IS
COMMITTING THESE CRIMES....
BUT THE STRUGGLE COMES WHEN
TRYING TO BUILD THE CASE..
THAT IS WHERE HE SAYS
COMMUNITIES NEED TO STEP UP.
((CHIEF RANDAL TAYLOR / IMPD :
"BUT IN SOME CASES WE NEED
SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO
TESTIFY.")) TAYLOR SAYS HE..
HIMSELF.. IS COMMITTED TO
GOING OUT ON THE STREETS.. AND
LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY ON
WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE A
CHANGE.*NA* MOTHERS AND
FAMILIES MOURNING THE LOSS OF
THEIR LOVED ONES TO VIOLENCE..
BUT OFTEN TIMES.. THEY ARE
AWARE OF CRIMES THESE VICTIMS
ARE INVOLVED IN. ((CHIEF
RANDAL TAYLOR / IMPD : "I HAVE
SPOKEN TO FAMILIES AND I HAVE
HAD SO MANY MOMS TELL ME, I
KNEW HE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS
STUFF, I KNEW HE WAS INVOLVED
IN DRUGS BUT HE WAS BRINGING
SOME MONEY IN AND HE WAS
HELPING US TO SURVIVE."))
TAYLOR SAYS HE WANTS PARENTS
TO STEP IN BEFORE WATCHING
THEIR CHILDREN GO TO PRISON,
OR HAVING TO BURY THEM.
01:03:17:25 ((CHIEF RANDAL
TAYLOR / IMPD : "I AM LOOKING
TO HOLD PARENTS A LITTLE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE, BUT GET THEM THE
HELP THAT HEY NEED ON HOW TO
ADDRESS THESE THINGS EARLY."))
TAYLOR ACKNOWLEDGES THE
CULTURE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT
AROUND VIOLENCE IN THE CITY...
HE SAYS.. PEOPLE ARE BECOMING
DESENSITIZED. 01:02:13:17
((CHIEF RANDAL TAYLOR / IMPD :
"THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF
MY BIGGEST FEARS. I HATE TO
THINK OF A YOUNG CHILD BEING
OUT PLAYING IN THEIR YARD AND
PLAYING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THEY ARE USED TO HEARING
GUN SHOTS.)) IN ORDER TO MAKE
A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE... WITHIN
INDIANAPOLIS.. AND SURROUNDING
AREAS.. TAYLOR SAYS IT IS
GOING TO TAKE EVERYONE DOING
THEIR PART. ((CHIEF RANDAL
TAYLOR / IMPD : ":THAT IS NOT
GOING TO BE AN EASY TASK. I AM
NOT SO NIEVE TO THINK IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND IN A
FEW DAYS A FEW WEEKS MAYBE
EVEN A YEAR, BUT THAT IS THE
GOAL."))
*SIERR*) BACK TO THE IDEA
OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO
TESTIFY IN COURT, I ASKED HIM
WHAT HE SPECIFICALLY WOULD DO
TO HELP PROTECT WITNESSES. HE
SAID HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR
FEAR, AND THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS ON THEIR SIDE,
*SIERR*) BUT REINFORCED
THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE IF
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
DON'T STEP UP TO HELP.
*BROOK*) *PHI*)
*BROOK*) CHIEF TAYLOR WILL
BE JOINING MAYOR JOE HOGSETT
TOMORROW FOR THE FIRST 'PRAYER
FOR OUR CITY' EVENT. THEY HAVE
ASKED THE PUBLIC TO JOIN THEM
TO PRAY FOR INDIANAPOLIS AND
FOR THE COMING YEAR. IT WILL
TAKE PLACE AT NOON AT THE
CITY-COUNTY BUILDING ON EAST
WASHINGTON STREET. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO ATTEND.. YOU'RE ASKED
TO ENTER THROUGH THE NORTH