>>>
>>> 93%
>>> 93% OF THOSE ARRESTED LAST YEAR FOR HOMICIDE HAD PRIOR
CRIMINAL RECORDS.
CRIMINAL RECORDS. THE AVERAGE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED 10 PREVIOUS TIMES
ACCORDING TO POLICE.
NOW, THE CHIEF SAYS MOST OF THE
HOMICIDES ARE NOT RANDOM.
VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS
THEREFORE SAFE.
THEREFORE SAFE. BUT THAT IS LITTLE CONSOLATION
TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
COMMUNITIES WHERE GUN PLAY IS
THE NORM.
THE NORM.
THE NORM. HERE IS MORE WITH MY EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF.
>> FREQUENTLY, IT HAPPENS
BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNOW EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. A
OTHER. A LOT OF OUR HOMICIDES ARE
BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNOW EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. >>
OTHER. >> AND THEY ARE OCCURRING IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY?
>> THE LION'S SHARE OF
HOMICIDES ARE OCCURRING IN ONE
PART OF THE CITY.
>> AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
PRONE TO BE VICTIMS, OKAY,
4@
PRONE TO BE VICTIMS, OKAY, INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
HIT BY STRAY BULLETS.
OKAY?
OKAY?
OKAY? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT
THESE PEOPLE?
THESE PEOPLE? >> AND THAT'S WHAT THIS OVERALL
STRATEGY IS.
STRATEGY IS. WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
SHOOTINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN
OUR CITY.
OUR CITY.
OUR CITY. THE SHOOTING THAT JUST HAPPENED
THE OTHER DAY, WHICH WE WERE
ABLE TO CLOSE TODAY, MINNESOTA
AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WE
HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AT THEIR
REGULAR BUS STOP. 4@
SOMEBODY GETS ANGRY AT
SOMEBODY, THEY PULL OUT A GUN,
THEY OPEN FIRE, AND WE HAVE A
FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL STRUCK.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
THAT IS CRAZY.
THAT4@ HAS TO STOP.
IF PEOPLE ARE NOT URGENT ABOUT
THAT OR SEEING AN URGENT NEED
FOR A CHANGE IN WHAT WE ARE
DOING, THEY ARE NOT PAYING
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.
WE CAN'T HAVE FIVE-YEAR-OLD
KIDS GETTING HIT BY GUNFIRE.
WE CAN'T HAVE TEN-YEAR-OLDS
DYIN4@G FROM GUNSHOTS.
>> THE VERY AREAS WE 4@ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. THE AREAS WHERE I HAVE LEARNED
OVER MY YEARS THAT NEED POLICE
PROTECTION MORE SO 4@THAN OTHER
PARTS OF THE CITY.
OKAY?
OKAY?
OKAY? YET, THESE ARE ALSO THE SAME
AREAS WHERE YOU GET THE MOST
COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLICE
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT. STOP AND FRISK.
YOU KNOW THE TERMS.
WHY IS THAT, CHIEF? 4@
WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?
>> I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
EVER YOU HAVE POLICE AC4@TIVITY
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
COMPLAINT IN THAT INTERACTION
BETWEEN FOLKS, OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS AN 4@AGENCY I
WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 4@INTERACTIO
RESPONSIBILITY AS AN 4@AGENCY I WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 4@INTERACTIO@
THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS KEEP
EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF
CIRCUMSTANCE, WHERE THEY LI4@VE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
EVERY ONE OF OUR POLICE
OFFICERS IS WEARING A CAMERA ON
THEIR CHEST.
THEIR CHEST. AND, IF THEY ARE INVOLVED IN
BAD BEHAVIOR, WE WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. >> AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT
ASSURANCES OF.
ASSURANCES OF. THERE WILL BE TRANSPARENCY.
AND, WHEN YOU FIND A BAD COP,
THE BAD COP IS DEALT WITH
QUICKLY AND NO LONGER OUT THERE
ON THE STREET.
IT4@ IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GE
RID OF BAD COPS.
IS THAT STILL TRUE?
>> I 4@WOULDN'T SAY IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
>> THEY HAVE PROTECTIONS.
THE UNIONS STEP IN TO PROTECT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. A
THEM. A LOT OF THE UNION PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE ME BELIEVE THERE IS NO
SUCH THING AS A BAD COP.
>> MOST OF THE POLICE OFFICERS
THAT I TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU SEE A POLICE OFFICER THAT
IS 4@INVOLVED, THERE'S REALLY T
CATEGORIES OF BEHAVIOR THAT WE
ARE NOT TOLERANT OF.
IT IS TREATING PEOPLE 4@
INAPPROPRIATELY.
INAPPROPRIATELY. OR, USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN
CATEGORIES ANY COP I KNOW, ANY
GOOD COP SAYS I DON'T WANT THAT
PERSON BEING A COP EITHER.
>> CITIZENS WANT GOOD
POLICEMEN. 4@
POLICEMEN. 4@ YOU NEED CITIZENS TO COOPERATE
WITH POLICE TO CLOSE THE CASES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THEY JUST WANT ASSURANCES
THAT BAD COPS WON'T WITH 4@
TOLERATED OR DEFENDED.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU HEAR THIS
FROM POLICE OFFICIALS ALL THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. AND
TIME. AND IT'S THE THING I LEARNED
THE MOST THROUGHOUT ANY CAREER
WHICH IS 4@COMING UP ON 30 YEAR
IS THAT TRUST AND LEGITIMACY
ARE THE TWO MOST 4@IMPORTANT
THINGS YOU CAN ACHIEVE.
>>> YOU HAVE SEEN THE CASES
WHERE BAD 4@POLICE OFFICERS COS
THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAD TO PAY OUT FOR
LAWSUITS.
LAWSUITS.
LAWSUITS. THEY ARE WORKING ON ADDING MORE
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE 3800 COPS.
THEY HOPE TO GET THAT NUMBER UP
TO 4,000.
TO 4,000.
TO 4,000. THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT 4@FOUR YEA
HE SAYS.
HE SAYS.
HE SAYS. THEY TRY TO HIRE AS MANY PEOPLE
LOCALLY FROM 4@THE 4@CITY 4@AND
SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING AREA. BY THE WAY, THEY DO TEST FOR