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♪ >> This is the visual. No one
>> This is the visual. No one
likes to see services for HPD.
Officer William Jeffrey killed
last September in the line of
duty at something. All police
officers know that job is
dangerous but all go to work every day expected to return
every day expected to return
home. Chief talk about the
difficulty of talking to a
wife or family of an officer
who dies in the line of Can’t imagine how challenging that
imagine how challenging that
force now been there. I’m
looking at right now and Bill, we refer to in a big Jeffress.
we refer to in a big Jeffress.
it’s a what an officer. What a
great man, but is so difficult
when you have to go in and give that that was to a family
give that that was to a family
member. So difficult
unfortunately, since I’ve been
to police and he’s the police Sorry Houston, Harris County.
Sorry Houston, Harris County.
6 line of duty deaths, 5 to gunfire now constable just a
gunfire now constable just a
week to a DWI suspect. I’ve
been there for a speedy and
other agencies and well as
well. It’s always the most difficult time when you got
difficult time when you got
it. Give that news to a wife.
The mom and And it’s just something that that that. you
something that that that. you
hope and pray that don’t
happen again. But you on the
stand with difficult times
really are challenges all
abound. And one of the things
that I know that your child is with his trying to get people
with his trying to get people
in jail and keep them in jail.
>> You’ve been vocal Bill
system is being perhaps one of
the problems. One of my Facebook friends, Jason Stacy,
Facebook friends, Jason Stacy,
sending that message he’s hit.
He wants to know how do you
feel about the low bonds and
judges give to people accused of violent crimes?
of violent crimes?
>> I’m not going really
intentional about not blame
him because problems all around. But we have to do
around. But we have to do
something bond bail. The bail
bond industry that don’t get a
pass because when judges are
doing the right thing and give
them proper bond, we’ve always been in the system where it
been in the system where it
was 10%. Now it’s 3 to win.
Sometimes one percent. That’s
just not right. It’s not
right. So somebody may get a high bond and they have to pay
high bond and they have to pay
one percent of whatever they
want on this. And there is
there’s even payment programs.
But let me ask you this. >> This violent offender. He
>> This violent offender. He
is not working individual
right now. You don’t have a
job. So what are you doing?
You’re encouraging him to go
out and commit more crimes because now he’s on his
because now he’s on his
payment system like he’s
making the car no, and he he
goes out and commitment. So
it’s a system that we’ve got a
look at and we’ve got a tie
that to me. I don’t think a lot of people know that now.
lot of people know that now.
That’s something that people
really want to continue to
just boy set out. I really
this whole process going for
now. He has to the point it we
have a newsmakers extra, by the way, is a lot of times
the way, is a lot of times
when we have conversations
like this.
>> The so much to talk about.
So we’re going to do a little
bit extra. But is there
anything you learned about the city of Houston that you
city of Houston that you
didn’t know as chief, which is
different than what you knew
as a cop. Coming up, the
ranks. >> it is the one thing that I
>> it is the one thing that I
did sleep deprived. Okay. I
knew that this is a great city
city. And I still know that the heart of this city,
the heart of this city,
whatever we go to, we hang in
there together. that’s a
beautiful thing that we’re
gonna get through the times that we’re going through right
that we’re going through right
now. But it’s a city in which
people help other people. But
I want to remind them how
great we are. In this fight against violent crime. Let’s
against violent crime. Let’s
continue I remain together.
Support one another and making
sure if you a little bit. Better off than the people
Better off than the people
more fortunate for the moment.
Reached her hand into their
families. People who are less fortunate or into the
fortunate or into the
neighborhood and helpful. And
for us, the criminal justice
family and I must say family
today. Let’s all work
together. Let’s stop pointing
fingers. Let me tell you what
my challenges as the chief of
police, you help me out. I
just had a meeting without
before I came here. We’re
working together. I would
judge is we all need to be
working together in a system
that was based in and founded
upon our U.S. Constitution.
But it has to get back to
victim centric. The suspects
have rights, but it has to be
victim century. We’re going to
talk more about that on
Houston Newsmakers, actually.
Troy Finner, thank you.
>> Good luck in your continued
leadership of this great community. And with this great