THE RUN
SINCE NOVEMBER.
HE ISACCUSED OF KILLING HER
DAUGHTER AND RAPING HER
DAUGHTER'S FRIEND.
>>> NOW IT'S TIME FOR
FLASHPOINT.
WE REMEMBER THE LIVES OF TWO
OFFICERS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
>> REPORTER: I'M ADJUSTIN
WARMOTH AND THIS MARKS A YEAR
SINCE DEBORAH CLAYTON, ON THE
FORCE FOR NEARLY 20 YEAR, WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINEUF
DUTY.
CERTAINLY A DEFINITELY TIME-OUT
FOR FRIEND AND FAMILY AND HERE
TO HELP US REMEMBER CLAYTON IS
CHIEF MARIN A. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
IT WAS A DARK DAY AND TOOK THE
LIFE OF A GREAT OFFICER.
NOT ONLY THAT BUT TOOK THE LIFE
OF THE RESPONDING DEPUTY AT THE
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
FIRST OFF, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT THAT DAY?
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU
FIRST GOT THE CALL?
>> I WAS ON MY WAY TO SPEAK AT
THE CONFERENCE AND GOT THE
PHONE CALL NO CHIEF WANTS TO
HEAR AND THAT DEBORAH HAD BEEN
SHOT AND ONE THING THAT STICKS
OUT TO THE MOST IS JUST THE
OFFICERS AT THE HOSPITAL.
HER SQUAD MATES AND RESPOND
RESPONDING OFFICERS AND WE WERE
ALL JUST BROKEN AND IT WAS AN
EXTREMELY HARD DAY.
>> IS IT HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S
JUST ONE YEAR?
>> NOT ONE DAY GOES BY WE DON'T
THINK OF HER.
WE DEDICATE IT TO HER AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO GRIEVE FOR HER
LOSS.
>> WE HEAR SO MANY STORIS ABOUT
CLAYTON AND VOLUNTEERING WITH
CHILDREN OF ORLANDO.
WHAT DO YOU HEAR ABOUT HER AS
AN AMBASSADOR?
>> FIRST SHE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD
POLICE OFFICER AND IT WENT
BEYOND THECOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND OOFN THE LAST MINUTES OF
HER LIFE WAS TO PROTECT THE
COMMUNITY AND SHE USED THAT
INFKTIOUS SMILE TO PRORELATE TO
THE COMMUNITY.
>> ON TUESDAY IS THE ONE YEAR
MARK AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
EVENTS PLANNED.
TAKE ME THROUGH THOSE EVENTS
AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU THE
MOST.
>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND
SOMBER BUT WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING TO HONOR THEM AND IT
STARTEAT UCF AND CAME THROUGH
THE CITY AND THERE MUST HAVE
BEEN 2-300 OF US AND WE KNOW
ENDED THE DAY WITH THE LEGACY
WALK AND WE ORGANIZED THESE
MARCHES AND WALKS AND THE MARCH
AGAINST VIOLENCE AND SHE DID
VERY WELL AT SETTING THESE UP
ASK KNEW IT'S WHAT SHE WOULD
HAVE WANTED AND MET AT THE PARK
AND THERE WERE LOTS AND LOTS O
POLICE OFFICERS THERE AND IF IS
GREAT BECAUSE WE WALKED
TOGETHER TO HONOR DEBORAH.
>> AS A POLICE CHIEF,I FEEL IT
IS TOUGH TO NOT THINK ABOUT THE
WORST WITH THE OFFICERS OUT
THERE ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT
AND DAY AND PLAYING THAT AHEAD
OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
ISTHAT SOMETHING YOU MAYBE
THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE THE ACTUAL
INCIDENT AND HOW YOU WOULD
RESPOND AND OTHERS?
>> IT WAS SOMETHING I KNEW I
WOULD NEED IN THAT MORNING TO
SHOW STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP
AND TO LEAD THESE MEN AND WOMEN
FOR THE TOUGHEST DAY OF THEIR
CLEAR AND THE UNITDOESN'T STOP
FROM THERE.
WE'RE STILL GRIEVING AND TO
LEAD THEM IN THE FIRST FEW
MONTHS AND FROM FLOYD AND
THERE'S STILL THE WORK TO BE
DONE AND IT WAS A TOUGH TIME
FOR ALL OF US.
WE GOT THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
I HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND BUNCH
OF GREAT MEN AND WOMEN.
>> ANCHOR: AND I DON'T WANT TO
TOUCH TOO MUCH ON LOYD.
AND I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO BRING
HIM IN AND WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT THAT NIGHT AS WELL?
>> I REMEMBER WE WANTED TO
BRING CLOSURTO THE FAMILY BUT
ALSO THE XHUEPITY TO FEEL
BETTER AND FROM THAT NIGHT WHEN
I WAS NOTIFIED WE WERE CLOSE
CLOSING IN AND TO NOAVAIL BUT
WE CLOSED IN AND MY FESTER
PHONE CALL AND I REMEMBER
TELLING HIM WE PUT DEBORAH'S
PHONE CALLS ON HIM.
>> JUSTICE.
>> ANCHOR: WE'LL TALK ABOUT
WHETHER CRIME WAS UP OR DOWN
AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR 2018
AS WE GET GOING WITH THAT.
HOPE YOU STAY WITH US.
>> ANCHOR: WELCOME BACK TO
FLASH POINT AND ALONG SIDE OUR
GUEST AND IT STARTED OFF
HORRIBLE WETWO KIDS IN JANUARY
AND DEBORAH CLAYTON BY THE SAME
GIAND WHEN WOO LOOK AT CRIME
STATS HOW DID WE DO?
>> OVERNIGHT CRIME IS DOWN BY
1% AND OVERALL CRIME 8% AND ONE
OF THE BIGGEST INCREES WAS IN
HOMICIDES AND THEY'RE DOWN BY
OVER 30% AND THAT IS NOT
INCLUDING THE VICTIMS FROM THE
PULSE TRAGEDY.
SO WE HAD MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
2017 AND HOPING TO CARRY THAT
INTO 2018.
>> REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU CREDIT
WITH THOSE STRIDES.
>> I THINK IT IS THE COMMUNITY.
AND AFTER THE KILLINGS AFTER
CLAYTON AND LEWIS LOST THEIR
LIVES AND I THINK PART OF THE
CREDIT GOES TO THE COMMUNITY
AND THEY'RE FEED UP AND TIRED
AND RECEIVING MORE TIPS AND
PHONE CALLS AND THESE DAYS
EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE AND
VIDEO AND IT IS HARD TO COMMIT
A CRIME AND NOT GET CAUGHT.
>> AND PERSONALIZING THE BADGE
IS IMPORTANT AS WELL?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEBORAH,
TOO, TO HUMANIZE THE POLICE
OFFICERS AND I SAY THIS EVERY
TIME NOT EVERY CONVERSATION HAS
TO START WITH CAN I SEE YOUR
IDENTIFICATION?
WE NEED TO START THE
CONVERSATIONS WITHEURESIDENTS
AND OUR YOUTH TOKNOW THEY CAN
TRUST US THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE
DRIEM DOWN AND BE A SAFE AND
LIVABLE COMMUNITY IS IF THE
POLICE AND COMMUNITY WORK WELL
TOGETHER.
>> REPORTER: WE REPORTED LAST
WEEK THE CITY IS SEEING DOZENS
AND DOZENS OF THE ECOMMERCE
DEALS THAT GO BAD AND BUYING
THINGS LIKE ON THE FACEBOOK
MARKET PLACE AND CRAIGS LIST
AND MEETING THE OTHER PARTY AND
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW SOMEONE
IS GETTING ROBBED.
WHY IS THIS BECOMING SUCH A
PROBLEM, FIRST OFF, AND WHAT DO
FOLKS DO TO AVOID FALLING
VICTIM TO THIS?
>> AND THERE ARE MORE AND MORE
APPS IN THE PHONES AND THE
COMPUTERS TO USE THAT ECOMMERCE
BUSINESS AND THE THING, THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
PEOPLE CAN DO, AT THE ORLANDO
POLICE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW OTHER
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA, WE HAVE ECOMMERCE SAFE
ZONES, PARKING SPOTS, WHERE YOU
CAN PULL YOUR CAR UP THERE AND
MAKE THE TRANSACTION AND IT IS
ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO AND FILM
AND THE KEY IS IF YOU ASK THAT
PERSON TO MEET YOU THERE TO BUY
OR SELL THIS OBJECT AND THEY
DON'T WANT TO MEET YOU AT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS A
CLUE TO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH
THAT PERSON.
>> ANCHOR: AND IT IS A GOOD
IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT OPD
HEADQUARTERS THERE AND IT IS A
LITTLE TOUGHER IN THAT DOWNTOWN
LOCATION WITH NOT A LOT OF
PARKING AND THAT IS A BENEFIT
OF HAVING IT THERE.
>> CORRECT.
THOSE ARE RIGHT UP FRONT WITH
PLENTY OF VIDEO TO CAPTURE
PEOPLE THAT WOULD TRY TO DO
ANYTHING THERE>> ANCHOR: THAT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL FOCUS ON AS WE
GET INTO 2018.
WHAT ELSE COMES TO MIND WHEN
YOU THINK OF THIS COMING YEAR?
>> I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
MORE LIKE LAST YEAR AND WE'LL
DO WHAT WE CALL PRECISION
POLICING AND THERE ARE THOSE
COMMITTING MOST OF THE CRIME
AND I THINK WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL
LIKE WE WERE IN 2017.
>> AND THERE IS THAT STRETCH
THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH
MOST OF THE CROWDS DOWN THERE
AND FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT AND
MOST OF THE REPORTING BUT WHAT
HAS GONE INTO IT TO MAKE IT
MORE SAFE?
>> ANY TIME YOU HAVE LARGE
CROWDS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE
CHALLENGES AND DOWNTOWN THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF
ALCOHOL AND MANY ISSUES WE DEAL
WITH ARE ALCOHOL RELATED AND WE
HAVE INCREASED THE STAFFING
THERE AND MANY OF THE NIGHT
CLUBS AND OWNERSHAVE HIRED
EXTRA DUTY POLICE OFFICERS AND
ADDITIONALLY WE RECEIVED A
GRANT TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL
NUMBER OF BIKE OFFICERS TO BE
POSITIONED DOWNTOWN TO KEEP
THAT CORE DOWNTOWN PARAMORE
AREA SAFE.
>> REPORTER: GOOD DEAL.
ALSO UPCOMING IN THE NEXT MONTH
OR 2, WE HAVE NURSSALMAN'S
FEDERAL TRIAL AND SHE ISTHE
WIFE OF THE PULSE NIGHT CLUB
GUNMAN OMAR FATEEM.
JUST FROM THE VANTAGE POINT
BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IN THERE,
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE?
>> I EXPECT A LOOF ATTENTION
AND MANY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO
SEE WHAT THIS CASE WILL BE AND
MY OWN PERSONAL VIEIS I THINK
JUSTICE WILLBE SERVED?
>> I THINK IT HAS TOBE TOUGH
AND I KNOW SOME OFFICERS
CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE
EFFECTS OF RESPONDING TO THAT
SCENE AS WELL.
>> IT IS SOMETHING ALWAYS ON MY
MIND AND WE'VE DONE DEBRIEFINGS
AND CRITIQUES AND THEY KNOW
THAT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO
THEM AND I REACHED OUT TO
AURORA AND NEWTOWN,
CONNECTICUT, AND OTHERS THAT
DEALT WITH THIS IN THE PAST TO
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND ONE
OF THE FRIGHTENING THINGS THEY
TOLD ME, IS YOU'RE NOT DEALING
WITH THIS FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR
2 BUT 5 AND 10 YEARS AND WE'RE
SENSITIVE TO THAT AND IMPLORE
THE OFFICERS TO COME TO US AND
GET COUNSELING ANONYMOUSLY.
EVERYONE HAS POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS BUT THE KEY IS NOT POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND
THE KEY IS NOTTO BE ANOTHER
ISSUE.
>> A ONE THING WE'RE PUSHING,
ONE THING WE HAVE IS NOT
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AS A
PRIMARY ON WHICHES.
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY'VE NOT
MADE IT A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND
THEY'RE NOT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
AND ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEE IT HOPEFULLY PASS?
>> HAVING IT AS A SECONDARY
OFFENSE IS ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS.
TEXTING AND DRIVING IS ONE OF
THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS AND
I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MAKING
IT A PRIMARY ON WHICHES AND I
KNOW THE LEGISLATION JUST GOT
THROUGH THE FIRST STEP OF THAT
AND I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN DO
TO HELP PUSH THAT THROUGH
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE
ACCIDENTS.
WE'VE SEEN THE DAMAGE THAT THIS
CAUSES.
>>>> REPORTER: WHY DO YOU THINK
IT'S NOT BEEN DONE SO FARAND
NOT BECOME LAW?
>> THAT HAS PERPLEXED ME.
IT REALLY HAS.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK POLICE
MAY USE THIS TO STOP PERSONS OF
A CERTAIN CLASS AND I KNOW SOME
PEOPLE THINK THEY USE THE
POLICING AND IF ANYONE THINKS
THEY WERE RACIALLY PROFILED AND
THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> REPORTER: I KNOW WE'RE
PUSHING FOR THAT TO BE PASSED.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND
TRACKING ALL THESE ISSUES AND
REMINISCING ABOUT LIEUTENANT
DEBORAH CLAYTON AS WE OFTEN
SHOULD DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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