>> AND TO YOU WE WANT TO DRILL
DOWN ON UNREST ACROSS THE
COUNTRY REPORT CHINESE SPY HUB
IN NEW YORK CITY, THE
SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO SAYING
CHINESE CONSULATE EARLIER THIS
WEEK AFTER NYPD OFFICER PIT IN
FEDERAL CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY
ACTING AS AGENT FOR TO CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY THERE IS A
MAJOR SPY RING IN NEW YORK, AT
THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN NEW
YORK CITY, 33-YEAR-OLD OFFICER
WAS ACCUSED OF BY PROSECUTORS
OF PROVIDING INTELLIGENCE ON
TIBETANS, IN NEW YORK CITY IN
EXCHANGE FOR MONEY AT LEAST
TWO YEARS IMPROVING CONSULATE
BEING A ACCESS TO OFFICIALS
AND EVENTS.
>> JOINING ME DERMOT SHAY
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANKS.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE
VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING IN NEW YORK,
AMIDST RETIREMENT ANDRES
ANDRESS SECRETARY OF STATE
POMPEO IS QUESTIONING, AND
SAYING THAT THIS IS A SPY RING
IN A CONSULATE THE CHINESE
CONSULATE IN NEW YORK CITY
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THAT ARREST
ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS WHAT CAN
YOU TELL US?
>> MARIA OBVIOUSLY, A BETRAYAL
CAN HAVE TRUST AT HIGHEST
LEVEL AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THIS
GREAT CITY STAND FOR.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP
CALL REALLY FOR -- FOR PEOPLE
ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW THAT
THIS COULD HAPPEN, AND TO BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THINGS LIKE
THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU NYPD
INTERNAL FAVORS A INTELLIGENCE
BUREAU FBI EASTERN DISTRICT
GOOD NICE IS THAT YOU KNOW WE
WERE ON THIS FOR SOMETIME,
WORKING TOGETHER
COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE,
HE WAS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
BEFORE ANY MORE MARMHARM COULD B
DONE OF A EMPLOYED BY U.S.
ARMY RESERVE CIVIL AFFAIRS
SPECIALIST, A SECRET LEVEL
SECURITY CLEARANCE LIED TO
OBTAIN THAT SECURITY
CLEARANCE, THIS IS
UNBELIEVABLE WE KNOW THAT THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS
BEEN ABLE TO INFILL TRAUT MANY
OUR INSTITUTIONS, WE HAVE SEEN
A STRING OF INDICTMENTS THIS
YEAR, EVERYBODY FROM THE HEAD
OF THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
THE HARVARD, TO NOW WE’VE GOT
NYPD OFFICER.
DO YOU WORRY THERE ARE OTHER
OFFICERS EMBEDDED IN THE NYPD
THAT ARE WORKING FOR CCP
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY?
>> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE
OF NOT JUST IN THE NYPD, BUT
REALLY, ANY BUSINESS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF.
THIS IS A REAL THREAT,
SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY, THAT AS I
SAID I CAN’T GET INTO THE
SFEFBS OF THE CASE BUT
SOMETHING WE TAKE EXTREMELY
SERIOUSLY, AND, YOU KNOW, TO
NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT I
WOULDN’T BE DOING MY JOB
MARIA.
>> O AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW
THAT THE HAVE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IS TRYING TO,
YOU KNOW -- OWN OTHER
COUNTRIES, AND GO INTO OTHER
COUNTRIES, THEY’VE GONE INTO
INDIA TAKEN TERRITORY, AND
KILLED 20 INDIAN SOLDIERS
TIBET A MAJOR ISSUE, AND THEY
ARE TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE ON
THE GROUNDS IN NEW YORK, BACK
WHERE THE TIBETANS LIVE WHAT
THEY ARE DOING JUST ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE, SO THIS
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING
COMMISSIONER?
>> IT IS.
IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION
AGAIN I CAN’T THANK ENOUGH
BILL, THE FBI MEMBERS EASTERN
DISTRICT, FOR CLOSE
COLLABORATION WITH US, AND,
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WOULD
CERTAINLY LOVE THAT IT HAD
NEVER HAPPENED THE IMPORTANT
THING HERE IS FROM MY
VIEWPOINT IT WAS IDENTIFIED WE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL
PARTNERS, AND, YOU KNOW, THE
INVESTIGATION WILL GO ON FROM
HERE.
MARIA: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
VIOLENCE IN NATION’S CITIES
SHOOTS HOMICIDES SPIKING IN
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WANT
TO LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY WITH
MORT OFF 39% SHOOTING UP
BETTER THAN ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT 20 WHAT O DO YOU
ATTRIBUTE THIS LONG SURGE.
>> A LONG INTERVIEW MARIA A
LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY HERE
LEVEL ISSUES THAT TOOK PLACE,
COVID PLACE A WELL ON IMPACT
IN COURT SYSTEM YOU LOOK AT
RESOURCES, THIS IS A LOT OF
FACTORS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS WE HAVE THE GREATEST
MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT I BELIEVE IT ON
POLICE SIDE DETECTIVE SIDE
SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON GETTING
OUR ARMS AROUND THIS, WE ARE
BEGINNING TO TREND DOWNWARDS,
STILL WAY TOO HIGH MARIA SO WE
ARE FAR FROM BY ANY STRETCH OF
THE IMAGINATION SAYING THAT
THIS IS A SUCCESS WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO, WE ARE
WORKING INCREDIBLY CLOSELY
WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WELL
AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN
NEW YORK A MESSAGE GANG
MEMBERS DRUG DEALERING
CARRYING ILLEGAL FIREARMS IN
NEW YORK CITY NEED TO BE
PROSECUTED FACE HARSHEST
CONSEQUENCES EXACTLY WILL
WHERE ALL OUR FOCUS IS.
>> PART OF THE ISSUE IS THE
DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT
WHAT WAS THE -- IMPACT OF
THAT?
AFTER NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
CUT ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN
SPENDING POLICE DEPARTMENT
THIS SUMMER NEW ACADEMY
CLASSES CUT CAUSING HIGHER
ATTRITION MORE OFFICERS
RETIRED NEW OFFERS ENTERED
FORCE GIVE THE IMPACT
COMMISSIONERS FROM YOUR
STANDPOINT, ON OF PLAYING --
ON OF PLAYING AS A RESULT OF
DEFUND POLICE WILL MOVEMENT.
>> HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
CRIME FOLLOWS CERTAIN PATTERNS
TRENDS CERTAINLY UP TICKS IN
VIOLENCE IN THE SUMMER THIS
TIME LAST YEAR LAST COUPLE AS
WE ARE WE ACCOMPLISHED IN NEW
YORK CITY, THE LOWEST INCARS
RAUGS OF ANY MARRIAGE CITY AND
LOWEST SHOOTING HOMICIDES
NUMBERS MAJOR CRIME WE HAD
EVER SEEN IN RECENT MEMORY
LAST YEAR COULDN’T HAVE BEEN
MORE PROUD THEN CRAZY TIME
THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR
CERTAINLY, AND LEADING TO A
DEFUNDING IT IS REALLY HURT,
IT HURT UNFORTUNATELY, THE
PEOPLE IN HIGH CRIME AREAS
THAT UNFORTUNATELY MORE OFTEN
TEND TO BE PEOPLE OF COLOR
MOST THIS DEFUNDING MOVEMENT,
AT A TIME WHEN WE KNOW THAT
CRIME GENERALLY TAKES UPWARD
TRAJECTORY IN THE SUMMER HAS
BEEN A DOUBLE WHAMMY WHERE YOU
HAVE NOW, INCREASED --
ATTRITION, THE ATTRITION
GROWING, DOWN ABOUT 2100 FROM
PEAK HEAD COUNT WHAT IT WAS A
SHORT TIME AGO, ON TOP OF THAT
YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES ON THE OVERTIME,
60% CUT IN OVERTIME GOING TO
DAMAGE ANY INDUSTRY CERTAINLY
HITTING US.
WE ARE FOCUSED WE WILL GET
ARMS AROUND IT WE’RE GOING TO
NEED SOME HELP WHETHER
RESOURCES, ALSO LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES BECAUSE IT JUST -- WE
CAN’T BE REFER TOING SAME
PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW OVER AND
OVER, IT IS JUST NOT A GOOD
WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS.
MARIA: WELL COMMISSIONER HOW
IMPORTANT WAS CASH BAIL BEING
ELIMINATED AND CLOSING DOWN
RIKERS ISLAND, THREE YEARS AGO
LITERALLY I WAS ON THIS
PROGRAM, BECAUSE MY SOURCE
TOLD ME, THAT THEY WANT TO
CLOSE RIKERS ISLAND MAKE UP
POP UP PRISONS ELSEWHERE THAT
DIDN’T HAVE SAME CAPACITY AS
RIKERS I REPORTED ON THE AIRAT
THAT TIME THREE YEARS AGO SAID
THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO
INCREASED CRIME, WHAT HAS BEEN
THE IMPACT, OF CASH BAIL,
BEING BEING REMOVED AS WELL AS
THE -- THE CLOSING OF RIKERS
ISLAND.
>> HAVE YOU HIT IT ON THE
HEADED TO BE HONEST, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT -- STEP BACK FROM THIS
REMOVAL OF THE POLITICS FROM
IT, I SAID THIS LAST YEAR.
VERY SIMILAR.
AND I DON’T LIKE TO GET INTO
BAIL ISSUE NOW YOU GET INTO
PEOPLE DIG INTO SIDES,
ULTIMATELY THIS IS THESE LAWS
WERE CRAFTED WITH AN AGENDA
MANY TIMES, BY ADVOCATES AND
THE ULTIMATELY AGENDA HERE IS
TO DECARS RATE YOU CAN ARGUE A
WORTHWHILE AGENDA IT HAS TO BE
DONE RIGHT RESPONSIBLY
CERTAINLY HAS TO BE DONE, WITH
THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW MOST
ABOUT CRIME, THAT IS LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
AND -- WHEN YOU TAKE A --
ALREADY LOW INCARCERATION
SCENARIO IN NEW YORK CITY, ARE
AGAIN LAST YEAR LOWEST
INCARCERATED MAJOR CITY IN THE
UNITED STATES CUT POPULATION
IN A YEAR 40 TO 50%, WITHOUT A
NETWORK TO SUPPORT, REALLY I
MEAN YOU ARE PUTTING PEOPLE
OUT, WHAT IS SUPPORT?
AND YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT
WE’RE TRYING TO WRAP OUR ARMS
AROUND RIGHT NOW.