MUST BE TAKEN AT THE COURTHOUSE
ALLOWING TO ATTEND.
IN THE NEWSROOM, TED SCOUT, CBS
4 NEWS.
WE ARE ON TOP OF THAT
BREAKING NEWS IN SOUTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE.
THESE ARE PICTURES WHERE WE ARE
EXPECTING TO LEARN MORE FROM
MIAMI-DADE POLICE ABOUT AN ATV
CRASH THAT KILLED ONE OF THEIR
OFFICERS.
CHOPPER 4 WAS OVER THE SCENE
JUST WEST OF THE BUSWAY NEAR
SOUTHWEST 211 STREET AND YOU
CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ATV.
AS SOON AS THAT NEWS CONFERENCE
BEGINS, WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU
AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT
LIVE PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR ANY
MOMENT FROM A POLICE DIRECTOR.
A TRAGIC ACCIDENT OCCURRING IN
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE WITH THAT
OFFICER HE WAS RUSHED TO
JACKSON SOUTH HOSPITAL.
HERE IS THE NEWS DIRECTOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE HERE
TODAY --
UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY, WE ARE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT A TRAGEDY.
THAT OCCURRED IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
TO ONE OF OUR OFFICERS AND TO
ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
EARLIER TODAY, ONE OF OUR
OFFICERS WAS OPERATING AN ATV
VEHICLE.
WE WERE HANDLING SOME
COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECEIVED
AT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEETINGS DEALING WITH
SOME ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ALONG
THE CANAL BANK.
NUISANCE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AS
WELL AS STAMPS AND SO FORTH.
THE OFFICERS OUT THERE WERE
DEALING WITH THAT.
DURING ONE OF THE ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS OR ATTEMPTED
ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHERE THE
OFFICER WAS TRYING TO GET TO
ANOTHER LOCATION, WHERE HE WAS
BEING SUMMONED. HE HAD AN
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AND IT IS
CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE WILL REVEAL WHAT ACTUALLY
OCCURRED.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR OFFICERS IN THE
WORKFORCE ARE SHAKEN UP.
YOU KNOW? WE LOST ONE OF OUR
OWN.
WE KNOW THAT EARLIER IN THE DAY
, A NAME WAS RELEASED BY SOME
OF THE MEDIA OUTLETS.
WE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED ANY
NAMES.
THE REASON WE HAVEN'T IS BECAUSE
THERE ARE STILL SOME FAMILY
MEMBERS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
GET A HOLD OF.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU
RESPECT THAT AND NOT RELEASE
THE NAME ANY FURTHER UNTIL WE
RELEASE THE NAME OFFICIALLY SO
THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NEXT
OF KIN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO GET A
HOLD OF EVERYBODY DURING THE
TIME PERIOD WHEN THIS OCCURRED
UNTIL NOW, PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY
BUSY DURING THE DAYTIME SO IT
IS HARD TO GET A HOLD OF THE
FOLKS BUT THIS IS A TRAGEDY
THAT HAS OCCURRED IN OUR
DEPARTMENT.
WE STAND UNITED WITH THE
FAMILY, WITH THE CHILDREN OF
THE OFFICER.
HE IS A MARRIED INDIVIDUAL, A
DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER.
OUR FAMILY BEHIND ME AND THE
REST OF US AND THE ONES THAT
ARE ARRIVING TO PROVIDE AN
ESCORT TO THE EMMY'S OFFICE, WE
ALL STAND UNITED AND WE WILL
TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT
MOVING FORWARD FOR THE FAMILY
AND WHAT WE ASK FROM THE
COMMUNITY, WE ASK THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO PRAY AND WE
APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE
CHANNELS, OUR EXTENDED FAMILY,
THE MEDIA, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COVERING IT.
IT MEANS A LOT.
IT'S REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US.
WE APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THAT
MEANS WE HAVE MADE A
CONNECTION.
WE ARE PART OF THE FAMILY, THE
COMMUNITY FAMILY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
WE ARE DOWN.
WE WILL DUST OURSELVES OFF.
THESE ARE OUR COLLEAGUES, WE
ARE VERY CLOSE. BECAUSE WE DO
THINGS OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY
DANGEROUS.
SO WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENS, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
PAIN AND A LOT OF HURT.
BUT WE ALSO PERSEVERE REALLY,
REALLY WELL.
SO WE WILL DUST OURSELVES OFF
EVENTUALLY, WE ARE DOWN ON ONE
KNEE RIGHT NOW, BENDED KNEE.
BUT WE WILL STAND UP AGAIN FOR
THE OFFICER AND FOR THIS FAMILY
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE LEFT
ANYTHING OUT BUT IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THAT I LEFT OUT -- YOU
KNOW WHAT I LEFT OUT?
THE GRATITUDE THAT I HAVE FOR
THE FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL
WHO RESPONDED OUT THERE.
FOR THE CHIEF FOR TRYING SO
HARD AND THE DOCTOR AND HIS
STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL, FOR
TRYING THEIR BEST.
THANK YOU.
IF THAT DIDN'T PUT IT INTO
WORDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE
WILL.
YOU ARE LISTENING TO A VERY
EMOTIONAL MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DIRECTOR, JUAN PEREZ,
ADDRESSING THE DEATH OF AN
OFFICER IN SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE OFFICER
WAS OPERATING AN ATV HANDLING A
COMPLAINT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
THE OFFICER WAS APPARENTLY
BEING SUMMONED TO ANOTHER
LOCATION WHEN HIS ATV CRASHED
INTO A TREE.
HE WAS TAKEN TO JACKSON HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AND WE ARE STANDING BY RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE THE MIAMI-DADE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE
PROVIDING AN ESCORT TO THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.