CHANGED
CHANGED 4@THEM. >> THANK YOU.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>>> HOMICIDE UP 40% IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL AND INNOCENT
CHILDREN GETTING SHOT.
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF ARE
UNDER PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING.
THEY ARE TURNING TO FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES FOR 4@ASSISTANCE NO
FOR STARTERS, YOUR A FELON
CAUGHT WITH A GUN IN DC, YOUR
CASE IS HEADED TO FEDERAL
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. PART OF THE CRACK DOWN ON
REPEAT OFFENDERS.
REPEAT OFFENDERS. IF THIS WORKS, VIOLENT CRIME IS
GREATLY REDUCED.
GREATLY REDUCED. LISTEN TO THIS.
IN 2018, THERE WERE 350 ILLEGAL
4@GUNS SEIZED IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.
CAPITAL.
CAPITAL. ONLY A QUARTER 4@OF THE PEOPLE
CAUGHT WERE CHARGED IN FEDERAL
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. THEY WENT TO SUPERIOR COURT.
ON FEBRUARY 1, ALL OF THAT4@
CHANGES.
CHANGES.
CHANGES. EARLIER TODAY, I SAT DOWN WITH
THE POLICE CHIEF IN OUR STUDIO
FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE
GROWING VIOLENCE AND HOW GOING
4@
GROWING VIOLENCE AND HOW GOING TO THE FEDS FOR HELP SHOULD
EASE SOME OF THE CITIZEN'S
FEARS AN CONCERNS.
>> CHIEF, MPD IS TEAMING UP
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IF YOU
WILL.
WILL.
WILL. WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. WHAT IS THIS INITIATIVE ABOUT?
>> SO, IF ANYONE IS SUGGESTING
WE ARE 4@TEAMING UP WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION IS OFF BASE.
BUT, CERTAINLY NOT WHAT'S GOING
ON HERE.
ON HERE.
ON HERE. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. WHAT IT IS, IS METROPOLITAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR
FEDERAL 4@PARTNERS TO BE MORE
FOCUSED 4@ON CRIME IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE
COMMUNITY IS CALLING FOR.
>> BY TAKING THESE CASES TO
4@
>> BY TAKING THESE CASES TO FEDERAL COURT AS OPPOSED TO
SUPERIOR COURT, WHAT DO YOU GET
BY THAT?
BY THAT?
BY THAT? >> WE WILL HAVE BETTER
COLLABORATION WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS.
PARTNERS.
PARTNERS. SO ATF, FBI IN PARTICULAR, WILL
BE INVOLVED IN THESE CASES ON
THE FRONT END.
HAVING ATF INVOLVED, PEOPLE MAY
NOT KNOW THIS.
BUT IT WILL SHOW US WHERE THE
GUN HAS BEEN USED AND OTHER
PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 4@
>>4@ THE FELON CARRYING A GUN.
HOW WILL YOU IDENTIFY THIS?
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
THERE ARE A LOT OF FELONS OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. PEOPLE WITH GUNS.
OUT ON PROBATION, WHATEVER.
>> SO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE ARE NOT TARGETING FELONS,
RETURNING CITIZENS WHO HAVE
COME BACK AND ARE OBEYING THE
LAWS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA. OUR OPERATIONS FOR RECOVERING
ILLEGAL FIREARMS IN THE
DISTRICT IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. IF WE CATCH SOMEBODY WITH AN
ILLEGAL FIREARM AND DETERMINE
THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY,
PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A
FELONY, THEN THEY 4@WILL.
>> BY GOING TO THE FEDERAL
SYSTEM, THEY WILL MORE THAN
LIKELY DO SOME TIME AND GO BACK
TO PRISON?
TO PRISON? >> THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
ANYONE CHARGED WITH AN ILLEGAL
FIREARM.
FIREARM.
FIREARM. >> AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU
ARE SENDING OUT THERE.
4@>> THERE IS NOT REALLY A
MESSAGE, BUT I DO THINK
COLLABORATIVELY, WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. YOU SAW THE SPIKE WE HAD IN
HOMICIDES LAST YEAR, OUR
FEDE4@RAL PARTNERS ESSENTIALLY
SAID TO US, WE ARE WILLING TO
WORK WITH YOU COLLABORATIVELY
AND WE DECIDED THIS IS THE BEST
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. >>
WAY. >> TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WE
HAVE TO DO 4@SOMETHING.
DOES THAT MEAN IT IS TOO BIG AN
ISSUE, TOO BIG A PROBLEM, TOO
MUCH VIOLENCE FOR 4@A CITY, LOC
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONE?
>> I WOULD SAY NOT AT ALL.
I 4@WOULD THINK THAT ANY CHIEF
POLICE AND ANY MAJOR CITY WHO
DIDN'T REACH OUT WHEN THEY HAVE
THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
THEM FOR FEDERAL PARTNERS, IS
KIND OF MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DID
HERE, IT WOULD BE SILLY NOT TO
ASK THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARTNERS TO ASSIST US.
>> THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL
AND OTHERS SAY THIS WILL LEAD
US TO A BIGGER INCARCERATION.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE 4@GOING TO
PRISON WHICH IS EXACTLY THE 4@
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE. >> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME THAT
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE CONFUSED WHEN 4@IT COMES TO
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED WHEN 4@IT COMES TO@
OVER-INCARCERATION.
OVER-INCARCERATION. IT OCCURRED IN OUR COUNTRY
DURING THE CRACK EPIDEMIC.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING TO JAIL
FOR 4@NONGIANT DRUG OFFENSES.
>> MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.
>> WE ARE TALKING VIOLENT
OFFENDERS.
OFFENDERS. YOU NEED TO TREAT VIOLENT
OFFENDERS DIFFERENTLY.
OFFENDERS DIFFERENTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE SEEING
IS THAT CARRYING AN INLEGAL
FIREARM IN 4@THE DISTRICT IS 4@
ESSENTIALLY A PREC4@URSOR, AN
INDICATER THAT PERSON IN THE
FUTURE COULD BE POTENTIALLY
INVOLVED IN ONE OF OUR
SHOOTINGS.
SHOOTINGS. >> LET ME ASK 4@YOU THIS.
YOU CAN'T BUY A GUN.
LEGALLY IN DC.
THESE GUNS ARE COMING IN FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE FEDS HELPING US GO AFTER
THESE GUNS, THESE PURCHASES
TAKING PLACE IN VIRGINIA,
MARYLAND?
MARYLAND?
MARYLAND? ALABAMA, GEORG4@IA, AS 4@FAR AW
AS TEXAS?
AS TEXAS?
AS TEXAS? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY PART OF THIS
INITIATIVE.
INITIATIVE. WE WILL HAVE THE FEDERAL
AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH ON THE
FRONT END OF THESE CASES, AND
THEN, WE CAN LOOK AT THE CASE
TO SEE IF THERE IS A PATTERN.
IF THEY ARE BUYING IT FROM A
PERSON WHO IS WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTING GUNS INTO OUR
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. OR
CITY. OR IF 4@IT IS A STRAW PURCHASE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE
TRAFFICKING LAWS IN VIRGINIA.
BUT THE FEDERAL AGENTS DO.
IF SOMETHING IS 4@HAPPENING IN
VIRGINIA THAT INCREASES THE
NUMBER OF FIREARMS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THEY WILL BE RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.
>> CAN THEY NOT DO THIS WITH
THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS?
>> THEY CAN DO IT NOW, BUT I
THINK THIS GIVES IT MORE OF A
FOCUS.
FOCUS.
FOCUS. TO
FOCUS. TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED ON THE
FRONT END.
FRONT END. ONE OF THE 4@THINGS I SAID TO
SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY IS 4@THE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ARE DOING A LOT OF
THINGS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND 4@WHAT I REALLY WANTED THEM
TO DO IS TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S
4@
TO DO IS TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
MY SENSES FROM TALKING TO THE