ELIZABETH: NOW THE NATIONAL
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF POLICE, HE IS JOE
GAMALDI.
ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON.
BY THE WAY CONGRATULATIONS ON
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
JOE, WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THIS
WILD VIDEO OUT OF CHICAGO.
A MOB OF TEENAGERS RAMPAGING ON
THE TOPS OF CITY BUSES AND CARS
T HAPPENED JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM
THE ILLINOIS GOVERNOR MANSION.
NO ARRESTS MADE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
>> IT’S TERRIBLE, LIZ.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS
JUST A COMPLETE CULTURE OF
LAWLESSNESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT IS THANKS TO WOKE POLITICIANS
WHO HAVE LITERALLY DESTROYED OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION TO THE VIDEO, WE HAD
TWO MASS SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH 12 PEOPLE
SHOT.
A DISTURBING VIDEO OUT TODAY,
WHERE SOMEONE SHOT ON THE
SIDEWALK.
THERE IS A LITTLE CHILD WITH HIS
BACKPACK RUNNING AWAY TRYING TO
GET HOME SAFE.
THE SAD PARDON IS WE DON’T HAVE
TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE IDIOTIC POLITICIANS LIKE
MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, WHO BY THE WAY
IS TWEETING OUT A CALL TO ARMS
OVER A SCOTUS DECISION,
MEANWHILE SHE PRESIDE OVER
VERITABLE WAR ZONE.
MY GOD THE IRONY OF IT ALL.
SHE IS INCREDIBLY, DISGUSTINGLY
OUT OF TOUCH WITH HER COMMUNITY.
SHE IS DISGRACE TO CHICAGO AND
FRANKLY SHOULD RESIGN.
ELIZABETH: THIS, SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA, WAS HIT WITH THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER DEFUND THE
POLICE PROTEST, HAVE ICE CREAM
WITH A COP EVENT.
THIS IS IN THE RICHMOND
NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU SEE THESE PROTESTS BREAKING
OUT ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT.
THEN YOU HAVE GOT AMERICANS,
TRYING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR COPS
NATIONWIDE BUT WE STILL SEE THE
PUSH FOR DEFUNDING POLICE.
POLICING IS WAY MORE DANGEROUS
SINCE 2020.
JOE, ISN’T THIS REVERSING
IMPROVEMENTS WE SAW SINCE THE
’90s?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, LIZ.
HERE WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT
TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE PROTESTERS COMING UP.
THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO
SUPPORT US.
WE’RE TRYING TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
I DON’T THINK PEOPLE HAVE IDEA
HOW BAD VIOLENCE IS AGAINST LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WE’RE ABOUT TO HAVING POLICE
WEEK CEREMONIES THIS WEEKEND.
WE’RE ADDING 563 NAMES TO THAT
MONUMENT OF OFFICERS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES FAMILIES RIPPED
APART.
ELIZABETH: SINCE WHEN?
>> DEADLIEST YEAR FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN 20 YEARS.
WE HAD 132 POLICE OFFICERS SHOT
THIS YEAR.
THAT IS OUTPACING LAST YEAR’S
HISTORIC NUMBERS.
IT IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.
AMBUSH ATTACKS ARE UP 30%
AGAINST US.
ELIZABETH: TALK ABOUT THE 500
NUMBER YOU TALKED ABOUT.
WHAT IS THAT NUMBER FOR AND
SINCE WHEN?
>> 2021.
563 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY, COULD BE GUNFIRE,
KNIVES, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, COVID
RELATED DEATHS.
EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IS ONE OF
THOSE THAT WILL HAVE TO RECOVER
FROM THAT.
I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
WE’RE DOING IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT IS NOT THE LEADING STORY ON
ALL THE NEWS NETWORKS.
I THINK YOU FOR COVERING THIS
FOX, FOX BUSINESS.
WHERE IS COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT?
THIS IS STAIN ON OUR SOCIETY.
IT IS HORRIFIC.
IT IS NOT GETTING COVERAGE.
IT IS EMBARRASSING.
IT IS DISGUSTING.
MAKE SURE THIS IS FRONT AND
CENTER FOR EVERYBODY TO
UNDERSTAND.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS UNDER ATTACK.
ACADEMICS, AND POLITICIANS SIT
THEIR ASS BEHIND THEIR DESK
TELLING ME JOB IS NOT DANGEROUS.
ELIZABETH: COPS ARE CONFRONTING
COVID-19 AND GETTING SICK
THEMSELVES.
LISTEN TO WHAT NASSAU COUNTY
CHIEF PATRICK RIDER SAID WHAT IS
GOING ON.
HE IS ON "FOX & FRIENDS."
>> TWO MEMORIALS I GO TO WILL
SIT HERE IN ALBANY, WASHINGTON,
D.C., THE SAME PLACE WHERE OUR
LAWMAKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
WRITING LAWS, THAT PROTECT
PEOPLE, PROTECT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
INSTEAD THEY’RE WRITING LAWS
PROTECTING THE BAD GUY.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
TODAY FROM POLICING.
AS WE LOOK AT LAW AND ORDER
AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY’RE ALL
SUFFERING, IF YOU’RE NOT BACKING
ME, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND
ME, WHY AM I GOING TO COME TO
WORK?
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A DECREASE
IN THOSE THAT WANT TO BE COPS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ELIZABETH: JOE, WHAT HE JUST
SAID, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, GIVE MORE
COLOR AND ENLIGHTEN US MORE
ABOUT THAT?
HOW DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT,
WEAK ON CRIME PROSECUTORS AND
POLICIES IS IMPACTING THE FORCE?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST TAKE HARRIS COUNTY, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE THIRD LARGEST
COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY LOCATED IN
TEXAS.
THEY HAD BAIL REFORM COST
$100 MILLION.
WE GOT STATISTICS OUT, 80% OF
PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOWING UP FOR
COURT DATES.
ROGUE D.A.s ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, CUTTING SWEETHEART
DEALS FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
NOT TALKING ABOUT A GUY STEALING
A CANDY BAR FROM THE GROCERY
STORE BUT GUYS SHOOTING PEOPLE.
WE PERPETUATED THIS CULTURE OF
LAWLESSNESS.
WE’RE SEEING POLICE OFFICERS
SHOT LEFT AND RIGHT.
I CERTAINLY HOPE POLITICIANS
THAT SHOW UP, PAT US ON THE BACK
WILL FOLLOW US UP WITH
LEGISLATION.
ELIZABETH: HOW MUCH ARE POLICE
RETIREMENTS, POLICE RESIGNATIONS
UP?
>> NATIONWIDE, RETIREMENTS ARE
UP 45%.
RESIGNATIONS ARE UP 20%.
OUR RECRUITMENT IS ABSOLUTELY
TANKING.
CHICAGO SAW 83% REDUCTION IN
APPLICATIONS.
NEW JERSEY SAW 90%.
I DON’T THINK IT IS HYPERBOLE,
LIZ, OUR PROFESSION IS DYING
OFF.
THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
WE NEED TO TURN THIS AROUND.
IT STARTS WITH EVERYBODY
CONDEMNING VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
SHOULDN’T BE PARTISAN, CERTAINLY