HE WAS A SEXUAL OFFENDER.
BRIAN: HERE NOW IS OSCAR ODOM, A
FORMER NYPD DIRECTIVE.
I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU.
THIS STORY HITS ME PERSONALLY.
I HAVE GOT A FAMILY OF FIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
IT’S ALL ABOUT SAFETY.
GETTING THE KIDS AROUND THE
CITY.
MY WIFE FEELING LIKE SHE CAN DO
THAT.
I HEAR HAWK NEWSOM TALK ABOUT
THE INEVITABILITY OF BLOODSHED
IF THE CRIME UNIT IS BACK ON THE
STREET.
>> I WOULD HOPE WITH DIPLOMACY
WE WANT THE SAME THING BUT THERE
IS A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF
IT.
I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR-ELECT
THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND PUT
THE KLAIN CLOTHED UNITS OUT
THERE.
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE.
CRIME HAS GONE UP
EXPONENTIALLY.
MURDERS AND RAPE AND BURGLARY.
WE HAVE TO STOP THE CYCLE.
THE THREAT OF BLOODSHED, I HOPE
THAT’S JUST A FEELING OF BEING
UPSET AND POSSIBLY THINKING
ABOUT HOW THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN
BEFORE.
BUT WE NEED THE PLAIN CLOTHED
UNIT BACK.
I’M SURE ADAMS WHO IS A POLICE
CAPTAIN WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS
MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
BRIAN: DO YOU THINK HAWK
NEWSOM’S TONE HELPS?
DOES THIS GIVE HIM EVEN MORE OF
A MANDATE WHEN YOU HEAR THREATS
LIKE THAT IN THE MEDIA?
>> DEFINITELY.
DEFINITELY.
IT’S MORE A MANDATE TO INSURE
THIS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE SHOULD
BE CONCERNED WITH THE SOLUTIONS,
RIGHT?
AND STOP TALKING ABOUT THE
PROBLEM.
HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS.
HE SHOULD BE SAYING I’M GOING TO
SIT DOWN TO THE TABLE AND HELP
COMBAT THE CRIME, TO STOP THE
MURDERS AND ROBBERIES.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN
INSIDE OUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
AND INNOCENT PEOPLE DYING AT THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH
THE RESOLVING DOORS IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IN THE MEANTIME THERE ARE NO
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT MINNESOTA
WHERE THE PEOPLE VOTED
OVERWHELMINGLY TO KEEP THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PEOPLE OF COLOR VOTED TO KEEP
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPACTED A LOT
BY THE CRIME.
THEY STATED FLUID THEIR MANDATE,
WE WANT -- THEY STATED THROUGH
THEIR MANDATE THAT THEY WANT THE
POLICE.
BRIAN: YOU TALK ABOUT SEATTLE
AND SAN FRANCISCO, THE MESSAGE
SEEMS THE SAME.
ALL THIS TALK OF GETTING POLICE
OFF THE STREETS AND REPLACING
THEM WITH I DON’T KNOW WHAT, ALL
OF IT, FOR THE COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED.
MINORITY COMMUNITIES SAID NO, WE
DON’T WANT THAT, IT DOESN’T
WORK.
PLAIN CLOSE POLICE OFFICERS CAN
WORK.
IS NEW YORK GOING TO BE IN THE
VANGUARD OF LEADING OTHER CITIES
BACK IN THIS REGARD?
>> I THINK MAYOR-ELECT ADAMS
WILL BE THE VANGUARD.
WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE TERM STOP,
QUEEN FRISK THEY CRINGE.
BUT IT’S LEGAL.
IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT’S
ILLEGAL.
IF YOU USE A DIFFERENT TACTIC OF
USE IT BECAUSE THE FOURTH
AMENDMENT PROTECTS AGAINST
UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
IT’S THE MATTER IN WHICH IT IS
EXECUTED.
IF IT’S SUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING
CRIME SO PEOPLE CAN COME OUT SO
WE CAN SAVE LIVES, I THINK
THAT’S EXCELLENT.
BRIAN: WE APPRECIATE YOU