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ALL RIGHT. IF YOU’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS FOR A WHILE, YOU
KNOW THAT THERE’S BEEN SOME
HIGH PROFILE SHOOTINGS, A LOT
OF VIOLENT CRIME THAT WE’VE
BEEN COVERING AT LEAST OVER THE
LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
>> THAT’S WHY IN TODAY’S
LEADING SA SEGMENT IS SAN
ANTONIO POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM
MCMANUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SIR, FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. AND HAPPY FATHER’S
DAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY THANKS FOR
HAVING ME ON.
>> SO CHIEF, WITHOUT DIVING
INTO THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS KNOW,
IN TERMS OF
VIOLENT CRIME, HOW THE NUMBERS
COMPARE TO SAY PAST YEARS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT’S PERSPECTIVE.
>> YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE BIG
QUESTION THAT TOPIC
UNFORTUNATELY, THE OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
THERE’S BEEN A STRING OF A
VIOLENT CRIME TO THE LITTLE 2
YEAR-OLD GIRL. THE U.S. KILLED
IN BELLEVUE DURING A THERE
WERE. 3 OTHER INCIDENTS THAT
WERE VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY AS
FAR AS TIME GOES.
IT CERTAINLY GIVES THE
IMPRESSION THAT, YOU KNOW,
CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL WITH.
BUT BORING. THOSE 4 DEFENSE.
I FILED A CRIME IS ACTUALLY
DOWN 14%. SO AND THOSE
SHOOTINGS.
YOU YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT ME
THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT WERE
NOT RANDOM. THEY WERE TARGETED
IT AND UNFORTUNATELY.
YOU GIRLS WHO WAS THE LITTLE
2 YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS SHE
WAS NOT THE INTENDED VICTIM.
OBVIOUSLY. AND THEN THE OTHER
3 SHOOTINGS, THE OTHER
THAT WE TALKED EISENHOWER AND
NORTH STAR MALL. THEY THEY WERE
NOT RANDOM. ME THAT THEY WERE
TARGETED EVENTS. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE.
INNOCENT BY STANDERS. YOU’VE
GOT HURT AS WELL.
KRABBENHOFT DOWN 40% BASED ON
NUMBERS THROUGH MAY.
>> SO CHIEF, EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE
SAYING CRIME IS DOWN 14%, I
MEAN, FOR THOSE 4 SHOOTINGS
THAT GOT A LOT OF MEDIA YOU
KNOW, FOR HOW HORRIFIC THEY
WERE FOR THOSE INNOCENT
BYSTANDERS THAT YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY
DOES FEEL CONCERNS. SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK ARE THE UNDERLYING
CAUSES FOR THOSE FOR THOSE
TYPES OF SHOOTINGS?
>> THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, MY MY AND
SURE IT’S GOING TO BE TRULY
SPECULATIVE AND MY MY OPINION
ON WHAT’S HAPPENING. BUT I I
THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS
OUT THERE WHO ARE RUNNING AND
A HOUSTON. THEY HAVE NO CONCERN
OR CARE ABOUT
THEY INJURE WHETHER INJURY AND
UNFORTUNATELY THE RECKLESSNESS.
>> WE’RE SURE THEY GO ABOUT
THESE. THESE DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS
AND WHEN THEY’RE GOING AFTER
SOMEBODY FOR WHATEVER REASON
THAT THEY COULD CARE LESS, IF
ANYBODY ELSE GETS HURT.
AS AN UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF
WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE WAS
WHEN YOU HAVE THESE DATING
RETALIATION, IT’S
>> AND CHIEF, YOU HAVE SAID
SPECIFICALLY ON THE SHOW BEFORE
ON THE SEGMENT THAT THERE ARE
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT CREATE
OUR ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM. SO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
AN ARREST YOU SAID IS OUT OF
YOUR CONTROL? CAN YOU KIND OF
EXPLAIN FOR OUR VIEWERS AND
FAMILIES WATCHING? WHAT DOES
THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE?
>> SURE. SO SOME WAS ARRESTED
AND TAKEN TO THE MATCH OF THE
TICKET TO THE MAGIC THAT RAY’S
OFFICE
>> THE PROCESS AND THEN THEY GO
FOR THE MAGISTRATE FOR A BOND
HEARING AND
THEN THE MAGISTRATE WILL WILL
SET THE BAR ON. AND SO THE
CONDITIONS OF BOND AND THEN.
THAT THERE IS EVERYONE IS
ENTITLED TO A BOND, ACCORDING
TO THE LAW.
MOST PEOPLE ARE ARE MAKING ON
THE BACK OUT ON THE STREETS
AND MANY TIMES ARE OUT THERE
COMMITTING CRIMES AGAIN AND THE
REST PEOPLE QUITE OFTEN ALREADY
OUT ON BOND. AND WE’RE ALLOWING
PROBATION THEY’RE RECEIVING
ANOTHER ONE. SO IT’S IT’S
FRUSTRATING FROM THAT SENSE.
>> SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT IN A
PRESS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, YOU
STATED THAT YOU ARE PUTTING
PEOPLE IN JAIL WITH ENOUGH
PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN
ARREST AND YOU SAID THERE HAS
TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WHAT
DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> IF PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE’S NO REAL
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OR
CONSEQUENTIAL WHAT THEY DO.
THEY’RE THEY’RE LIKELY. AND
THIS IS A STUDY.
>> THEY’RE LIKELY TO COME IN,
TRYING TO GET IN. THERE HAS TO
BE ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SURE
SOMETHING’S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO THEM AS A RESULT OF THE
CRIME THAT THEY COMMIT. AND
I’M SPEAKING NOT ONLY ABOUT
VIOLENT CRIME, BUT IN SPEAKING
ABOUT PROPERTY CRIMES. WELL,
MOST PEOPLE SAY WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT PROPERTY, RIGHT, WELL,
THE LESS SERIOUS CRIMES, WELL,
IT’S IT’S NOT LESS SERIOUS OF
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO YOU.
IT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO THERE THERE
HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INCARCERATED
WHO ARE VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND
THERE HAS TO BE SOME
CONSEQUENCE FOR PROPERTY CRIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT A
COMMUNITY MEETINGS. PEOPLE ARE
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. WHAT DO
YOU THINK THE BELLE PROPERTY
CRIMES ABOUT THE
CRIME? THIS DETRACTING FROM THE
QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON’T HEAR
VERY MUCH ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME.
I GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT NOT
THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME.
BUT ONCE YOU
A LOT OF TIME TO GET CAUGHT
UP IN IT AND THE COLLATERAL.
DAMAGE THAT’S THAT’S DONE BY
LIKE THE ONES WE SAW, THE
DRIVE-BYS WE SAW IN THE SEVERAL
WEEKS. BUT BUT PEOPLE WANT TO
GO TO COMMUNITIES ARE MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME IS
OCCURRING IN THEIR PROPERTY
THAT THE CRIME IS COMMITTED BY
PEOPLE WANDER INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, STEALING THINGS
OFF THE PORCH, BREAKING INTO
THEIR USING THEIR PROPERTY FOR
4 BATHROOMS. THAT’S WHAT’S GOT
PEOPLE ANGRY.
>> SHE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF
TIME, BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO
ASK YOU ONE LAST QUESTION IN
TERMS OF STAFFING, YOU KNOW,
OUR SAN ANTONIO POPULATION IS
GROWING SO FAST. YOU’VE TOLD
US ARRESTS ARE UP YEAR OVER
YEAR. YOU SAY OFFICERS ARE OUT
THERE WORKING SO HARD ARE THERE
ENOUGH OFFICERS ON THE FORCE
AND WHAT IS RECRUITMENT LOOK
LIKE FOR YOU GUYS?
>> WE JUST HAD A WE JUST HAD A
STUDY DONE A STAFFING, SAID
UNFORTUNATELY, IT INDIVIDUAL
THAT WAS DOING THAT STUDY
PASSED AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF
WHAT YOU’VE GOT. ONE HAS GOT
ONE HALF OF THE SHOW DONE WHICH
SAYS THAT WE NEED 316 NEW
OFFICERS ON PATROL.
I TALKED TO JUST CONTROL
THAT THAT EXTRA 3, 60 OFFICERS
IN PATROL GIVE US MORE TIME,
MORE DISCRETION OR TIME TO
SPEND WITH THE COMMUNITY
TO SPEND ON PROBLEM SOLVING
THESE FAMILIES, COMMUNITY AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A 60%,
RATIO,
40%, ALL ALL-TIME DISCRETIONARY
TIME. 60% ON THE WHOLE TIME.
WE WANT TO REVERSE THAT.
2 OFFICERS ARE RUSSIAN PAUL
TO CALL AND NOT SPENDING AS
MUCH TIME AS THEY SHOULD OR
COULD
WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SHOT
A GUN ISSUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS WE DON’T HAVE A RECRUITING
ISSUE. WE ARE ABLE WE HAVE 4
O’CLOCK LAST WE ARE ABLE TO
FILL THEM TO THEIR CAPACITY.
WE HAD A 15 TO 20% WASHOUT
RATE. WE GRADUATE ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 40 AND 50, THE 50.
SO YOU KNOW, LOW 50’S.
OCEAN FROM THAT CLASS WE SHOULD
WE DON’T SEEM TO HAVE THAT MANY
OR MOST OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE
HAVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
ESPECIALLY THE LARGER
DEPARTMENTS.
>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
I KNOW MY PRODUCER IS GOING
TO BE LIVING WITH BUT IT IN
30 SECONDS OR LESS. YOU KNOW,
YOU SAY YOU NEED AT LEAST A
STUDY SHOWS AT LEAST 3360 MORE
OFFICERS WITH OUR RECRUITMENT.
YOU SAID RECRUITMENT FIND.
HOW DO YOU GET THOSE 360 MORE
OFFICERS?
>> WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU HAVE
TO I MEAN, 3.16, EMMY WITH AS
YOU AS YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF CLASSES EACH YEAR. THE
APPLICANT PROCESSING AND
RECRUITING TIME. ITS CONTENTS.
SO IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT.
BUT BUT WE ARE DETERMINED THAT
WE WILL. WE WILL REACH THOSE
NUMBERS. BUT OF COURSE, THAT
ALTHOUGH HAS TO BE APPROVED BY
COUNCIL. SO WE’LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> IN THIS BUDGET SEASON.
>> POLICE CHIEF WARREN MAN US
WITH SAN ANTONIO POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.