LOCALLY AND BEXAR COUNTY A VERY SIMILAR STORY TONIGHT, 94% OF THE VOTE GOING TO DONALD
TRUMP.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THE BEXAR
COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO A BIG RACE
THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT.
SHERIFF JAVIER SALAZAR TAKING A
LOT OF HEAT FOR THE NUMBER OF
DEPUTIES GETTING ARRESTED
MISTAKENLY RELEASING INMATES IN
CUSTODY DEATHS DURING HIS
FIRST TERM. NOW HALF A DOZEN
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE HIS
JOB AND A LOT
OF THEM.
>> ISIS ROMERO: OUR FELLOW
DEMOCRATS, YEAH, THAT INCLUDES
AN EMBATTLED FORMER CONSTABLE
FACING SERIOUS LEGAL PROBLEMS,
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE BEXAR
COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND A RETIRED
STATE TROOPERS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT WILLING TO GO BACK
TO WORK TONIGHT AND THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HERE ARE THE
RESULTS AS OF NOW 56% AN
OVERWHELMING LEAD. FOR HAVE THE
SLA SIDE.
THE INCUMBENT. SHARON AUDI
GUESS AT 17%, MICHELE BODY AT
THIS BILL AT 12% AND HOW SAFE
THAT I’VE
SEEN YA.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: AT 9% AGAIN
ALL THESE BEXAR COUNTY NUMBERS,
EARLY VOTING ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE. 2 MEN WITH DECADES OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WILLING
IN GARY GARCIA WELL THEIR
SECOND AND 3RD
GERRY RICKHOFF IS RIGHT
NOW LEADING IN THIS RACE, HE’S
THE FORMER BEXAR COUNTY CLERK.
HE HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT
EXPERIENCE THAT I KNOW OF
AND HE RIGHT NOW IS LEADING IN
THE EARLY VOTE WITH 52% OF
THE VOTE. WILLING AT 32% AGAIN,
IF YOU RECALL FINISHES WITH 50%
OR MORE HE WILL AVOID
A RUNOFF BUT AGAIN THESE ARE
STILL EARLY VOTING NUMBERS HAS
BEEN BEEN A VERY INTERESTING
NIGHT IN THE SHERIFF’S RACE,
OUR TIM GERBER HAS BEEN
COVERING BOTH OF THESE RACES
TONIGHT.
>> TIM LET’S GO AHEAD AND CHECK
IN WITH.
>> WELL DESPITE ALL THE ISSUES VOTERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY OVERWHELMINGLY GIVING
THEIR VOTE TO SHERIFF
JAVIER SALAZAR ALLOWING HIM TO
AVOID A POTENTIAL RUNOFF AND
NOW ABLE TO FOCUS ALL HIS
ATTENTION ON WINNING IN
NOVEMBER SALAZAR ADDRESSING HIS
SUPPORTERS HERE. THE BACKYARD ON BROADWAY EARLIER TONIGHT, THE SHERIFF HAS HAD A DIFFICULT
FIRST TERM LEADING BCSO AS YOU
MENTIONED HIGHLIGHTED BY
NUMEROUS ARRESTS OF HIS
DEPUTIES AND JAILERS ESCAPES
MISTAKEN RELEASES
OF INMATES, AN INMATE SUICIDES
INCLUDING THE ONE THAT JUST
HAPPENED TODAY SALAZAR SAYS
MANY OF THE ISSUES HE’S FACED
OUR PROBLEMS THAT HAVE EXISTED
AT THAT AGENCY FOR DECADES,
HE SAYS HE NEEDS MORE TIME TO
MAKE MORE REFORMS.
>> PART OF THE PROBLEM PART OF
THE ISSUE AS I SEE IT AT THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN A
LITTLE INSTABILITY OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL SHERIFFS BONILLA’S
A STRING OF TREATMENT
OF ONE TURN SHERIFFS AND SO I’M
HOPING TO STICK AROUND A LITTLE
WHILE SOME OF THE PLANS THAT I
HAVE AND THEY’RE GREAT PLANS.
>> ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
TO IMPLEMENT IT.
>> AND AGAIN OVER ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE FORMER LONGTIME BEXAR COUNTY CLERK GERRY
RICKHOFF A SURPRISE FOR MANY
TONIGHT, NO LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AT THIS
POINT HE IS THE LEADER ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE HE LOST HIS JOB
AS CLERK NOVEMBER 20 18 WHEN
THAT
RED WAVE CRASHED OVER POSITIONS
HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY WE CAUGHT
UP TO HIM HE DID
NOT HAVE A WATCH PARTY TONIGHT,
HE WAS AT HOME AND HERE’S WHAT
HE HAD TO SAY.
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>> I REPRESENT A CHANGE
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>> IN THINKING.
I PLAN ON DEVELOPING UNIQUE
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES BY USING SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY TO OBSERVE MEASURING
TEST AND LOOK FOR
OBSERVABLE CUMMINGS THAT NEED
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND
THAT’S WHERE WE’LL FOCUS.
♪
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AT
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THE JAIL AND IN HOW WE POLICE.
>> AND SHOULD REC OFF NOT HOLD ON TO THAT LEAD THAT HE HAS NOW IN SLIPPED BELOW 50% HE WOULD
THEN BE IN A RUNOFF MOST LIKELY
WITH FORMER CHIEF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATOR FOR THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WILL YANG.
HIS HE’S RUNNING AS A REFORMER
HOPING TO FIX BCSO.
>> I’M FEELING REALLY
OPTIMISTIC KNOW WE DID
EVERYTHING
WE COULD EVERYTHING MY WHOLE
TEAM WE WORKED REALLY HARD YOU
GOT
THE COMMUNITY. WE DID
EVERYTHING WE COULD TO DIGITAL
WE DO THEM OUT OF THAT WITH THE
PHONE BANKING WITH TEXT
MESSAGING WE
DID EVERYTHING SO I’M VERY
PROUD OF THE TEAM AND WIN OR
LOSE IT WHEN WE DID A GREAT WE
DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
>> SO IT COMES TO THE SHERIFF’S RACE, IT LOOKS LIKE SALAZAR AS A LOCK STILL A LITTLE EARLY TO
DECLARE WHO THE WINNER WOULD BE
BETWEEN RICK OFF OR IF THEY
WILL HAVE TO FACE A RUNOFF WITH
WILLIE AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WATCH THOSE NUMBERS AS THEY
COME IN FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE