FALLEN OFFICER. END OF WATCH. JULY 6TH 2022 WE WANT TO GET OVER TO DEVON. DINO NOW GETTING
CLOSE TO 24 HOURS, AND EVERYBODY
IS WANTING YOUR TIME TODAY. SO
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING. I
HAVE HAD THE UNMISTAKABLE SENSE
SINCE YOU WERE NAMED. POLICE
CHIEF THAT THIS IS JOB YOU
REALLY ENJOY REALLY WANTED, AND
, UH BUT THIS IS AS BAD AS IT
GETS IN THIS JOB, RIGHT? YEAH IT
IS. UM I’M VERY HONORED TO LEAD
THE MINIMUM OF THIS DEPARTMENT
AND WHEN THE MAYOR GAVE ME THE
OPPORTUNITY, IT WAS A NO BRAINER
FOR ME TO COME BACK AND LEAVE
THESE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT
DO THIS INCREDIBLE WORK. BUT BUT
YESTERDAY AND ALL DAY TODAY,
TRAGEDY IS JUST UNSPEAKABLE.
IT’S JUST HEART WRENCHING FOR
ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
DEPARTMENT. UM, VERY DARK DAY
FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. WE WATCHED
OFFICERS COMFORTING EACH OTHER
AT THE SCENE AND AT THE HOSPITAL
LAST NIGHT, AND SOMETIMES IT’S A
STARK REMINDER THAT NO MATTER
WHAT KIND OF TRAINING YOU ALL GO
THROUGH, THERE’S NO WAY TO
PREPARE FOR THIS. NO YOU KNOW,
IT’S JUST THE CIA OFFICERS LAST
NIGHT AND VARIOUS YOU KNOW,
EMOTIONS AND BREAKING DOWN AT
TIMES. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AS
THE CHIEF YOU SEE THAT AND YOU
ALMOST FEEL LIKE A PARENT WHICH
YOU COULD DO MORE, BUT YOU COULD
COULD MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY, BUT
YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE TO BE STRONG
AND LEAD WITH DISTINCTION AND
MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT
THERE ARE SUPPORTED AND
APPRECIATED BY NOT JUST ME, BUT
THIS COMMAND STAFF IN THIS
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SUPPORT HAS
BEEN AMAZING. THIS POLICE FORCE
IS MADE UP OF AMAZING STORIES.
THIS ONE OFFICER QUARTZ REALLY
IS AN INTERESTING STORY. WE
FOUND OUT HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD,
BUT A FIVE YEAR VETERAN OF THE
FORCE I THOUGHT THAT’S UNUSUAL
REASON FOR THAT. WELL YOU KNOW,
HIS FATHER IS LEGENDARY IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND OFFICER COURTS,
YOU KNOW HE WAS IN THE CORPORATE
WORLD. AND MADE A DECISION TO
JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
HIS MID THIRTIES, AND WE’RE
HAPPY FOR THAT VERY OFTEN HAPPEN
VERY OFTEN, BUT HE DID AN
AMAZING JOB MADE A TREMENDOUS
IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY LOVES HIM. I’VE GOTTEN
SO MANY CALLS AND EMAILS AND
PHONE CALLS ABOUT HOW GREAT HE
WAS AND HOW A TREMENDOUS LOSS
AND HOW WE ALL JUST FEEL ROBBED
TODAY THAT HE WON’T BE HERE BUT
BUT NOT JUST A POLICE OFFICER,
BUT A DAD AND A HUSBAND AND A
FRIEND AND A SON. WHICH IS WHICH
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE’RE
LOSING. WE’VE LOST A LOT.
SOMEBODY WHO OBVIOUSLY FELT A
CALLING AND A COMMITMENT TO THE
JOB. HAD HE DID HE DID I YOU
SAID, UM THAT YOU DIDN’T WANT IT
LAST NIGHT. YOU DIDN’T WANT TO
BE SEEN AS MAD OR ANGRY. THAT
YOU WERE FOCUSED. DON’T YOU HAVE
TO BE MAD? WELL YOU KNOW, ANGER
IS TO ME IS A USELESS EMOTION.
IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING WITH IT. I THINK
IT’S TIME TO FOCUS. IT’S TIME TO
MAKE AN IMPACT AND A DIFFERENCE
IN THESE POWERFUL SEATS THAT WE
ALL SIT IN. I THINK ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN
THESE POWERFUL SEATS, LET’S NOT
HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. LET’S HAVE
AN IMPACT PUT YOU IN THE MOST
POWERFUL SEAT THOUGH I GIVE YOU
CARTE BLANCHE TO DO WHATEVER YOU
CAN IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TRY
AND STEM GUN VIOLENCE, WHICH IS
RAMPANT RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY
SEEMS TO BE ON TENDER HOOKS.
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAD THAT?
MAGIC WAND. WELL, THAT’S THAT’S
A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT
STARTS WITH PENALTY. RIGHT AND I
THINK YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT THERE HAS TO BE A RESULT OF
BAD ACTS IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME.
PUNISHMENT NEEDS TO BE
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. AND SWIFT.
UM YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE COURTS
BACK OPEN. WE NEED TO HAVE
TRIALS. WE NEED TO GET VIOLENT
OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET AND WE
NEED TO LOOK AT GUN VIOLENCE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE?
WHAT PART OF THE AISLE YOU’RE ON
WHERE YOU SIT IN THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM OF GUN CONTROL. IT’S
NOT ABOUT GUN CONTROL IS ABOUT
CONTROLLING WHAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY IN THE VIOLENCE IN
THESE THESE MAJOR CITIES AROUND
THIS COUNTRY. IT’S LIKE NUMBERS
WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND
EVEN WITH OUR OFFICER WHO WAS
MURDERED, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT
EARLIER TODAY THAT THE ASSAULT
RIFLE OR ASSAULT WEAPON BECAUSE
TECHNICALLY, IT WASN’T A RIFLE
THAT WAS USED AS DRACO WAS
PURCHASED THE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A
TIME WHEN MASS SHOOTINGS IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE THROUGH THE ROOF.
WE’RE STILL SELLING THESE TYPES
OF WEAPONS. THERE’S 20 MILLION
OF THESE KINDS OF RIFLES IN
AMERICA. IT SEEMS LIKE A ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO GET A HANDLE
ON WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT
THEY’RE UP TO. BUT WHEN YOU COME
ACROSS THEM IF THEY’RE ILLEGAL,
UH SOMEONE SHOULD BE ARRESTED
AND THAT PERSON SHOULD HAVE
ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT THERE
WILL BE A PENALTY FOR USING
THOSE WEAPONS. THERE SHOULD NOT
BE A DISCUSSION. IT’S NOT OPEN
FOR DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ANY
LONGER. WE’VE HAD ALREADY THIS
YEAR 300 MASS SHOOTINGS IN THIS
COUNTRY 300. IN 2022. WHEN ARE
WE GONNA GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS
AND STOP MAKING IT A POLITICAL
DISCUSSION AND MAKE IT MORE
ABOUT A LIFE DISCUSSION? IT’S
THE QUESTION OF OUR TIME.
THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. CHIEF
YOUR FAMILY. THE BROAD LAW
ENFORCEMENT FAMILY IS HURTING,
AND WE’RE ALL FEELING A PART OF
THAT FAMILY RIGHT NOW. SO WE