Good afternoon everyone. Um I have with me today are honorable mayor Mayor
LaToya Cantrell as well as our council member of District B council member J.
Banks as well as our executive members of our executive staff of the new
Orleans Police Department. Um, we're here today. two more or less confirmed
excuse
confirmed the loss of one of our own
um difficulty.
Very very difficult.
You know, as a chief you try to prepare yourself to for that dog day in which
you may have to, which we never would want to see. I have to inform the
family of the loss of a loved one
in the line of duty. Do the senseless violence.
But on yesterday having to inform a wife and two sons
that the husband and father was not returning home because of senseless
violence while off duty is even more difficult
on yesterday we did in fact lose Detective Everett Briscoe, 13 Year
veteran assigned to the first district person's crimes unit.
I'm going to express my condolences to the Briscoe family as well as the
second victim of this horrible incident. Yeah. Family as well. R. N. O. P. D.
Family and all.
I want to thank the mayor of Houston
and more importantly, my brother,
my friend
Chief Troy thinner, you know, you heard him speak yesterday, we've been knowing
each other 89 years now. He has been like a big brother to me.
He's walk me every step of the way throughout the investigation on
yesterday and ensuring that
the families were properly notified before he gave any information to the
public ensuring that the friends of our victims, we're taking care of while
they are there as well. So I think he and his team for working with us during
this difficult time.
Um
I'm saying all this stuff and I just had my talking points for trying to get
them together. Just let me talk about, you talk about community policing, we
always speak about community policing and how we have to do a better job at
doing that.
You couldn't have a better community police officer than every bristol.
He was a member of the zulu club,
He marched in Southern universities marching band.
He just completed his schedule last week pursuing his bachelor's degree at
Southern University of New Orleans.
He said he wanted to be an example to his sons. So he had to finish when he
started
and to hear this today, This just just to stand here before you today. It's
just, it is hard, I can tell you that, you know, he did everything that he can
to be a part of the community and bringing the community together. I
received so many phone calls outside of law enforcement,
outside of Houston's um law enforcement as well. Just community people speaking
to how he helped them.
He encouraged a lot of our kids, He worked with many community leaders to
put events together,
so we lost, we lost a good one, he lost the government.
Um, so with that being said, we're still in the process of working with
his wife to get his body back here when his body is here. We're going to work
with her too. Put together two services. I have ordered that all flags at our
various districts and buildings will be at half staff until his services have
been completed and we will wear are mourning badges are mourning bands on
our badges. Um,
I want to thank the mayor. I want to thank american. True. I want to thank
council member Banks. Um, I'm going to say a few names because I'm intentional
as to why I'm saying these names because these people reached out
personally thank the mayor of Houston. Want to thank council member was set. I
want to thank district Attorney Jason Williams. Pastor Alex Bello Pastor
Jamal Weathersbee want to thank them all because those are the phone calls
that I I got throughout the night.
So with that being said, um I'm gonna step aside and asked me to say a few
words and and I'll come back and includes it out. Yeah.
The city of New Orleans is in mourning.
The new Orleans Police department is in mourning
and we're mourning
with the Briscoe family
for the loss of our detective Briscoe
who will never be forgotten
and we will ensure Miss Briscoe
and their boys feel the love of this city, feel the love of this department
for years to come.
I'm going to ask absolutely weird morning with the zulu social Aid and
Pleasure club at this time. I want to ask councilman J. Banks to come and say
a few words at this time as he is also in morning with us.
Yeah.
Mhm. I've known Everett
for a very long time
actually when he and Darryl started dating and got married.
I've known Everett
and I'm going to tell you ever it was a gym. He was a jewel.
He loved this community
and he did everything he could to help make it better. Not just as a police
officer but as a citizen,
it is very true
That we lost a really good one.
And y'all I gotta tell you mm
I'm about tired of doing this.
I was at the house last night
nick started his senior year
carol is asking me who's gonna teach him how to tie his tie.
Uh There was no answer because the only answer she wanted to hear was ever is
gonna walk through the door. But he's not.
This cancer of senseless violence has to stop.
And I hear all these people talking about, they got a cure for crime and
they know how to stop crying. Will tell me. Mhm
No other family should have to go through this.
Nobody else should have to stand at one of these podiums and talk about this.
We keep doing this.
If I had the answer, I promise you I would have done it.
There have been weighed too many too many too many times
that we are doing this man. Yeah
and I don't know how to stop it,
but I sure wish somebody would tell me,
I will do it immediately, help you do it. Whatever needs to happen
those boys or wonderful young men
and now they got to grow up without their daddy who loved them more than
anything
and this is the one that we see now, but what about the one yesterday
And the 12 days ago and 1 3 days ago and the one next week
we gotta figure out how to stop this, y'all
this makes no sense.
It makes no sense with this much pain and grief. Yeah,
to be continuous,
I ask you all to pray.
I ask you all to think about whatever you can do whatever venue you in,
however you can help, whatever you can do
to help all of us come to a solution to this,
there has to be an answer and collectively, maybe we can figure it
out
but this has to stop.
I spoke to two rail and she also wanted to say thank you to all of you. Mhm
follow the calls and the prayers and the support and she is numb. No
question, she is numb
but she appreciates appreciates all that you all have done
to try to get through this.
Please pray for her,
pray for those boys and pray for this whole community in this whole country,
y'all
this has to stop.
Mhm
Thank you. Can't remember.
So
in closing, I want to mention just what counts remember said we ask you to pray
for and pray with
Mr Norrell,
The 16 year old, a 10 year old son sons.
Oh,
this is gonna be a hard transition, pray for this. NYPD family, the first
district. Specifically we have captain roberts up here with us. Now, you know,
we were at the Briscoe's family house last night, were there again this
morning just to let them know that we're gonna get through this together
and in here and we all have to talk to someone. So I encourage my officers,
take advantage of our officer assistance program. We have social
workers, we have chaplains, whatever is that you may need to get you through
this because we do know this is it's going to be a this is a tough one for
us all with that Gary, I'll try to ask the questions as best as I can, the
word. No questions. Nation needs
Yes, I don't know anything about the investigation.
All right.
He was all, he was just going out there to have fun with some France, getting
some much needed rest and relaxation. As you know, public safety has been the
forefront of the front runners
through this global pandemic for over the last year. So he was just trying to
get him to get away for a little bit.
Oh yeah, absolutely. He worked tirelessly. Everyone is
um Yes.
All right.
So I mean he started his career in the second district and he went to the
first district, you know what's a homicide And from the homicide, he went
to the 3rd district and ended up back In the 1st District. He was a great
great officer, great detective, great friend member
Storm Hurricane.
A few years ago I was,
it was not prepared for it. Lights went out of my house. Um I had to spend a
couple of days or two without power. Not. I worked with every second
district soon went back to work once. Everything was good when I was at work
talking about how I needed to buy a purchase a generator investing in one.
But I didn't have a vehicle to get that generator home. Every ever picked me up
from my house, brought me two home depot, got that generator on his truck,
we brought it back to my house and we put it together together. So that is
the type of person he is. If you are in need he would give you the clothes off
his back.
Yes sir.
Right. Other university.
Right.
That that that was an investment himself personally. Uh furthering his
education, but also being that mentor, that leader to his family, to his sons
to let them know, don't settle, look for the regular stuff. Just keep
pushing forward. And that is what he was trying to do. He continued to do
that with our community, whatever he could do, he was a part of it. One guy
called me and he was telling me how he marched in Southern University band
with every back in 1996. He said he had every night has not missed A birthday
wish to him since 1996. That's the type of person we're talking about.
Yes. Well
or loss of community.
Thank you Sam Yeah, thank you. Um You know
it's I don't know the answer to that question. Right now we're going to
we're gonna do our best
to hold up mrs breast school
nic and chris.
That is my number one goal right now in honoring detective Briscoe
is giving her other support that she needs to get through this.
It's criminal justice. I'm not I'm not sure how far you've come along in that
I'm not sure what stage he was in but I am, I have been informed that he did
just complete his schedule last week to start this fall semester but it would
be pursuing a bachelor's degree at Southern University of New Orleans and
Criminal justice.
Thank you