RUSHED THAT YOU KNOW.
WRITING SO WRONG RIGHT,
YEAH, OKAY WELL RIGHT NOW IN
BOTH WASHINGTON AND PARTS OF
OREGON AND THERE IS AN ORDER
FOR PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS WHEN
OUT IN THE PUBLIC. SO THIS IS
RAISING A LOT OF QUESTIONS
WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF YOU
WONDERING ABOUT HOW THIS ORDER
IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED.
JOINING US LIVE TO TALK
ABOUT THE WASHINGTON STATE
ORDER SERGEANT DARREN WRIGHT
WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
PATROL.
GOOD MORNING. SERGEANT
RIGHT THANKS FOR JOINING US.
GOOD MORNING. SO WHAT IS
YOUR AGENCY'S APPROACH GOING
TO BE TOO HANDLING THE
SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE
WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE, NOT
WEARING A MASK WHERE THEY'VE
BEEN ASKED TO.
WELL THROUGHOUT THIS LOCAL
SITUATION WE'VE RELIED
EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT
THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FOCUS YOU
WANT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND
EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS THE NEED
WHY THERE IS THE NEED TO WEAR
THE MASK AND TO GET THEM TO
COMPLY WITH THAT FOR OTHERS.
OKAY, WELL IS THERE ANY
SITUATION WHERE YOUR OFFICE
WOULD YOU KNOW MAYBE BE CALLED
OUT TO A STORE AND SOMEONE
WASN'T WEARING ONE WHERE IT
WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD ISSUE A
CITATION OR EVEN ARREST
SOMEONE OVER A MASS RELATED
ISSUE.
WELL THERE'S ALWAYS A
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT COULD END UP
HAPPENING LIKE THAT IT WAS A
LAST RESORT FOR US WE'RE
WANTING TO GO OUT MAKE ARRESTS
OR MAKE CITATIONS AGAIN WE
WANT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND TRY
TO GET THEM TO COMPLY WITH
WITH THE ORDER.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
QUESTIONS FROM SOME BOTH IN
OREGON AND WASHINGTON ABOUT
THE RULES FOR CONCEALED CARRY.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE COVERING
THEIR FACE NOW WEARING A MASK
DOES THAT EFFECT ANYTHING THAT
HAS TO DO CONCEAL CARRY OR OR
FIREARMS.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR
WASHINGTON, THERE'S NO. LA
REVISED GO TO WASHINGTON
ADDRESSES CARRYING A GUN. WHAT
A CONCEALED OR OPEN CARRY
WASHINGTON WHILE WEARING A
MASK. THE AND THE NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED THAT IT'S DONE IN
AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE THE
BRANCHING LAW COULD COME INTO
EFFECT SO IF YOU JUST WEAR THE
MASK IN COMPLIANCE AND YOU'RE
CARRYING A FIREARM WITH A
CONCEALED OR OPEN CARRY. I'M
JUST GOING ABOUT YOUR THERE IS
NO VIOLATION OF THE LAW THERE
I MEAN THAT'S DEFINITELY AN
PART OF THIS THAT I HAVE GOT
OUT.
WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE DO IF
THEY DO SEE SOMEONE WHO'S YOU
KNOW BLATANTLY NOT WEARING A
MASK AND ALSO IGNORING ANY
SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES
BECAUSE I MEAN PERSONALLY I
KNOW HAVE SEEN THAT IT AT SOME
STORES WE WHAT SHOULD THE
PUBLIC TOO.
WELL, THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY
NOT A LOT BUT WE CAN DO SO
THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS TO THE
WATER PEOPLE FOR MEDICAL
REASONS AND OTHER REASONS THAT
CAN'T WEAR A MASK. THERE ARE
THOSE THAT ARE EXEMPTIONS THEY
DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE
EXERCISING ONE OF THOSE
INVENTIONS ARE NOT SO. WE WANT
PEOPLE TO COMPLY WE WANT TO
GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE WE
WANT THE PEOPLE TO BE SAFE.
AND WE WANT TO GET PAST THIS.
THIS CORONAVIRUS ISSUES SO WE
ASK THAT PEOPLE COMPLY WITH
THE MANDATE. AND IF WE HELP
ENCOURAGE EDUCATE AND ENGAGE
THOSE PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO
WEAR THAT MASK. IT'S UNDER ONE
OF THE EXEMPTIONS WORK WITH
THAT.
YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE AN IN
MOST SITUATIONS I KNOW YOU
KIND OF WONDER SHOULD I
POLITELY SAY SOMETHING MAYBE
IT'S BETTER TO JUST GIVE
PEOPLE SOME SPACE AND NOT
ESCALATE THEIR YOU KNOW THE
ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD A
COUPLE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES EXPRESSED CONCERN
OVER IS JUST THE FACT THAT
WE'RE WE'RE IN THIS TIME RIGHT
NOW WHERE TENSIONS BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ARE ALREADY KIND OF
STRAIN IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
WSP IS CONCERNED ABOUT AT ALL
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HAVING
TO STEP INTO ANY OF THESE
SITUATIONS WHEN WHEN TENSIONS
ARE ALREADY KIND OF HIGH.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING KEEP
TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE DON'T
WANT TO GO AND ARREST SOMEBODY
FOR A MASS VIOLATION WE DON'T
HAVE TO AND IN CREATING A.
DIFFICULT SITUATION. THAT'S
WHERE THE EDUCATION, THE
ENGAGEMENT COME IN THAT WE
WANT TO TRY TO DO TALK TO
PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO COMPLY
WITH THAT MANDATE AS WE SAID.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
ACTIVELY GO OUT AND
PROACTIVELY SEEK OUT PEOPLE
ARE NOT WEARING MASKS AND
WE'RE NOT A TO A. ENGAGE WITH
PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY JUST
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WEARING
WITH A MASK AND HAVE EVERYBODY
HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS FROM
PEOPLE SO FAR ABOUT THESE
ISSUES MANY BUSINESSES THAT
HAVE HAD SOME RUN-INS.
NOT YET BECAUSE THE MANDATE
JUST GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY.
WILL HAND OF THOSE AS THEY
COME IN. I WILL EVALUATE
WHETHER THERE'S A NEED FOR US
TO RESPOND TO A CALL LIKE
THAT. AND AND WHEN THAT THEY
COULDN'T.
OKAY WELL CHECKING BACK
WITH YOU GUYS THAN TO SEE HOW
THIS ALL ROLLS OUT WHAT
SERGEANT THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE