AND IT’S 90’S THAT MAKE A RETURN SUNDAY AND THEY LINGER THROUGH THE START OF NEXT WEEK.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THANK YOU RICH, SO 13 YEAR-OLD TRISTYN BAILEY’S DEATH TOUCHED AN ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS
MADE THIS CLEAR THIS HAS BEEN
VERY DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW WE
TEND TO THINK A SEARCH AND
INVESTIGATION IS JUST A JOB FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: PERSONALLY
KNOWING SOME OF THOSE INVOLVED
I CAN TELL YOU.
IT’S NOT IT’S DIFFICULT FOR
EVEN THE MOST SEASONED OF
POLICE TO DETACH AND NOT HAVE
AN
EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT. JOINING
US ON THE MORNING SHOWS SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF ROB
HARDWICK GOOD MORNING.
>> I’M GOOD MORNING BREEZE.
MELANIE
GOOD MORNING. 5 MONTHS INTO HER
TENURE AS THE COUNTY’S TOP COP
YOU’RE CONFRONTED WITH A
HEINOUS CRIME. THEN LAST NIGHT
A VERY TOUCHING CELEBRATION
OF LIFE. JUSTIN’S FAMILY IS
THERE THOUSANDS GATHER TO WATCH
THE NEWS
4 JAX YOU AND SOME OF YOUR
DEPUTIES WERE THERE AND WHEN
CHRISTIANS THAT LAST NIGHT
TALKED ABOUT YOU AND YOUR
DEPUTIES AND THE DIFFERENCE
THAT YOU MADE IN THEIR LIVES
AND THANK ALL OF YOU. WHAT WENT
THROUGH YOUR MIND.
>> YOU DON’T FORESEE TO
YOU KNOW, WE’RE WE’RE WE’RE
JOINED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
EVENT TO YOU KNOW THIS THIS
TRAGIC SIDE
BY SIDE. AND THIS FAMILY HAS
BEEN JUST SIMPLY THEY’VE
INTERESTING IN
THE PROCESS. THEY’VE YOU KNOW
READY TO STAND SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHERE THEY’VE
BEEN PATIENT AND
UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS THERE
IS A PROCESS IN
THAT BEING SAID AGAIN OUR
DEPUTY THIS IS THIS THIS IS
HOME WITH US TOO AS WELL.
IN THIS CASE IS A LOT INVOLVED
A LOT OF EMOTION
WITH US WITH THE FAMILY SO
WE’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE
WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
COMMUNITY DURING THIS TIME
PERFECT EVENT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH THAT’S
CLEAR AND THE COMMUNITIES MADE
THAT CLEAR THEY APPRECIATE YOU
EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SAID
THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PAINFUL
CASE FOR YOU ALL IT’S BEEN
PAINFUL FOR
THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR
INVESTIGATORS AS YOU JUST SAID
SO HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR TEAM
DOING AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO
KIND OF GET THROUGH THIS.
>> SURE SO IT’S JUST IMPORTANT
FOR US HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY
LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU TO MAKE
SURE I PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE
SERVICE AND
RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE
MY MEN AND WOMEN STAY
PHYSICALLY SAID MENTALLY FIT
WITH THAT BEING SAID I PROVIDE
EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE TWEENER
SHE’LL PROGRAM ARE INTERNALLY
80 PROGRAM. FAITH BASED
SERVICES, SO YOU KIND OF NAME
IT JUST JUST TO
CHECKS ON HOURS ON WITH US OUR
FAMILIES I’VE BEEN IN THAT
ENTIRE TIME, BUT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ARE DOING THIS JOB AND KIND
OF DOT THE I’S AND CROSS THE
T’S AND PREPARE THIS CASE FOR
PROSECUTION.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: THEY GOT MY
NUMBERS RIGHT 26 YEARS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUT YOU’VE BEEN
MARRIED FOR ALMOST 30 HAVE
2 ADULT SONS. IS IT SOMETIMES
LIKE LAST NIGHT HARD TO
RECONCILE THE 2
RESPONSIBILITIES BEING SHERIFF
AND FATHER.
>> YOU KNOW YES AND NO ON MY MY SONS ARE ADULT SONS AND MY WIFE AND MARRIED 30 YEARS LIKE
YOU SAID BRUCE YOU KNOW THIS
FOR ME THIS IT’S 2 SEPARATE
ENTITIES AND YOU KNOW WHEN I
COME TO WORK IN THE DAYTIME OR
NIGHTTIME RAID COME TO WORK.
I SEPARATE
THOSE 2. BUT OF COURSE IT HELPS
OUT HAVING THAT STABILITY OF MY
HOUSE AND HAVE A CIVILIAN MY
LIFE WITH MY FAMILY,
IN MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE MIGHT BUY SOME MY FRONT
DOORSTEP AND I COME TO WORK
EVERY DAY MAKE SURE I GET TO
THE QB 110% AND THAT THEY KNOW
THAT AN INVESTED IN THEM IN
THIS USED TO BE THE BEST PLACE
TO WORK LIVE AND PLAY RAISE A
FAMILY. UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: AND SHERIFF,
YOU KNOW THE THE COMMUNITY
WANTS RESOURCES AND THEY THEY
DO WANT SOME HELP GETTING
THROUGH THIS. ONE THING THAT
YOU ARE DOING A SELF-DEFENSE
CLASS FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS
11 YEARS OLD, IT’S GOING TO BE THIS SATURDAY AT PATRIOT OAKS ACADEMY WHY WAS THIS IMPORTANT
TO ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE KIDS.
>> SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW HAPPEN
TO NOT BE INVOLVED THIS PROGRAM
WHEN WE STARTED BACK IN 1997
WHEN I WORK AT SAN AUGUSTINE
CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
YOU KNOW LIVING GOING ON THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF THIS WAS
PERFECT
WITH IT. THE HORRIFIC OF YOU
KNOW EVENT WITH TRISTEN
BAILEY’S DEATH THIS IS STEP
BACK UP INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
KICKING OFF AT PATRIOT OAKS
IT’S FOR YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR
TO TO BUILD SELF,
YOU KNOW SELF-DEFENSE TACTICS
AND TECHNIQUES IT’S REALLY THE
BIGGEST THING IS TO GET THAT
ASSERTIVENESS
AND AWARENESS AND GET ACTUALLY
GET BACK INVOLVED THE SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
SAYS WE ALL GRIEVE TOGETHER THE
COMMUNITY GRIEVES
THIS A GREAT TIME TO COME
TOGETHER AND JUST START TO
BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND
MAKING
SURE ARE YOUNG MEN AND MORE
YOUNG WOMEN AND OUR FAMILIES
ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR
COMMUNITY IS SAFE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT
SHERIFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TAKING TIME WE KNOW YOU ARE
BUSY. SO APPRECIATE YOU TALKING
WITH US
THIS MORNING. SO AGAIN WE WANT
TO REITERATE THAT CLASSES
AVAILABLE
THIS SATURDAY. SAINT JOHNS
COUNTY PROGRAM. THEY ARE
HOSTING IS CALLED THE WAVE
PROGRAM FOR WOMEN’S
SELF-DEFENSE CLASS. IT’S AT
PATRIOT OAKS ACADEMY IT STARTS
AT NOON GOES
TILL 3 AS MENTIONED KIDS AS
YOUNG AS 11 YEARS OLD CAN
ATTEND BUT 11 TO 13, YOU MUST
HAVE A GUARDIAN PRESENT 14 AND
UP CAN ATTEND WITHOUT
ONLY A 150 PEOPLE CAN REGISTER
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