DAGEN: THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON TRACK TO FACE ITS
BIGGEST EXODUS OF OFFICERS EVER.
NEARLY 1600 NYPD OFFICERS ARE
LEAVING AS OF MAY 31st
ACCORDING TO STATS OBTAINED BY
THE NEW YORK POST.
THAT IS A 38% SPIKE COMPARED TO
THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
OFFICERS SAY RISING CRIME, BAIL
REFORM, AND ANTI-POLICE
HOSTILITY ARE TO BLAME.
JOINING ME NOW, FORMER D.C.
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, TED WILLIAMS.
THIS SHOULD FRIGHTEN EVERYONE,
NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW
YORK, TED.
>> DAGEN, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
I THINK WHAT YOU’RE FINDING AND
WHAT WE CALL THE BIG APPLE,
MEANING NEW YORK, IS THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS JUST DON’T
FEEL THAT THEY’RE LOVED OR CARED
FOR THERE.
CRIME IS OFF THE CHART AND THESE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE
UNDER-MANNED OR SHOULD WE SAY
AND THEY’RE TRYING TO DO ALL
THEY CAN.
BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE
SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS AROUND
NEW YORK AND AROUND THE COUNTRY
ARE TELLING THESE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO COME AND
SERVE WITH US AND THESE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE LOOKING
FOR BETTER BENEFITS AND BETTER
PAY AND THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING TO
PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES SO
THEY’RE MOVING TO THESE VARIOUS
VENUES.
DAGEN: AND EXCUSE ME, TED, THE
BAIL REFORM HAS MADE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR OFFICERS TO DO
THEIR JOBS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO
RELY ON ALVIN BRAGG, THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE, AND THAT
THEY WON’T -- THERE’S A PROBLEM
WITH -- THERE WAS A GUY THAT
BECAUSE BRAGG DIDN’T GET -- FILE
INDICTMENTS AGAINST THIS ONE
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN PICKED
UP REPEATEDLY FOR STABBING AND
ASSAULTING PEOPLE RIGHT NEAR
WHERE I’M SITTING RIGHT NOW, SO
BAIL REFORM, YOU ARREST
SOMEBODY, THEY’RE RIGHT BACK ON
THE STREET OR FOUL-UPS BY THIS
LIBERAL DA, WHETHER INTENTIONAL
OR NOT, IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ALVIN BRAGG THERE IN MANHATTAN,
THE MANHATTAN DA HAS BEEN AN
EMBARRASSMENT.
I WOULD HOPE AT SOME STAGE WHAT
HAPPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE
THE DA THERE WAS RECALLED LAST
WEEK, I’M HOPING AT SOME STAGE
STAGE THE FOLKS THE IN NEW YORK
WILL WAKE UP AND FIND A WAY TO
TRY TO GET RID OF ALVIN BRAGG.
HE, AGAIN, HAS BEEN AN
EMBARRASSMENT.
HASN’T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP
POLICE OFFICERS AND CERTAINLY
THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK HAVE
SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION OF ALVIN BRAGG.
DAGEN: THE NEW YORK POST HAS AN
EDITORIAL ABOUT ALVIN BRAGG, IT
SAYS DA ALVIN BRAGG’S GREATEST
HITS, IF KATHY HOCHUL THE
GOVERNOR WON’T FIRE HIM, NEW
YORKERS SHOULD FIRE HER.
MOVING ON TO D.C., TED, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HOSTING
SEVERAL DEFUND THE POLICE
ACTIVISTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OVER THE LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO
VISITOR LOGS.
THIS DESPITE THE PRESIDENT
TRYING TO MAINTAIN A PUBLIC
DISTANCE FROM THAT FAR LEFT
MOVEMENT.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> WE SHOULD ALL AGREE, THE
ANSWER IS NOT TO DEFUND THE
POLICE.
IT’S TO FUND THE POLICE.
THE ANSWER IS NOT TO DEFUND THE
POLICE.
IT’S TO GIVE YOU THE TOOLS, THE
TRAINING, THE FUNDING TO BE
PARTNERS, TO BE PROTECTERS AND
LOOK AT WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES
NEED.
WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
BEING ASKED TO DO.
IT’S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE
RESOURCE, NOT FEWER RESOURCES.
DAGEN:.DAGEN: TED, YOUR REACTIO
THAT.
DON’T BELIEVE THE TALK.
>> WELL, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT
AS THE PRESIDENT AND THE
DEMOCRATS, BY THE WAY, ARE
RUNNING AS FAR AS THEY CAN AWAY
FROM THIS AT THE DEFUND
MOVEMENT, BUT THERE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE IN
DEFUNDING, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE SILL
COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT HAS BEEN -- I’VE BEEN TOLD
THAT A LOT OF IT ARE THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN COMING TO
TALK ABOUT BLACK ON BLACK CRIME
WHICH IS OFF THE CHART IN BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND AS WE KNOW THAT BLACKS ARE
CERTAINLY A GROUP THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS COURTING IF HE RUNS
FOR RE-ELECTION.
SO THAT’S SOME OF THE THINGS
I’VE BEEN TOLD THAT ARE ON THE
TABLE RIGHT NOW, DAGEN.
DAGEN: BEFORE WE GO, TED, I
WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THE
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS
THAT HAVE COB COBBLED TOGETHER A
AGREEMENT ON PROPOSED GUN
LEGISLATION, THE FRAMEWORK THAT
THEY’VE COME UP WITH INCLUDES
FUNDING FOR SAYS TO PASS RED
FLAG LAWS, FUNDING FOR MENTAL
HEALTH AND SCHOOL SAFETY,
FEDERAL LAWS AGAINST GUN
TRAFFICKING AND STRAW PURCHASES
AND ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR GUN BUYERS UNDER THE AGE OF
21.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S DEBATEABLE AT
THIS STAGE WHETHER IT WILL MAKE
A DIFFERENCE, DAGEN.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START
SOMEWHERE.
AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT
THEY’RE PUTTING IN PLACE LIKE
GIVING GRANTS TO CITIES AND
STATES FOR RED FLAG LAWS, I
THINK WOULD BE BE CERTAINLY CERT
HELPFUL.
I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I’M ALSO
DEEPLY CONCERNED THOUGH ABOUT AN
18-YEAR-OLD WHO CANNOT GO AND
BUY A PACK OF CIGARETTES BUT CAN
GO OUT AND GET AN AUTOMATIC
WEAPON.
I THINK CERTAINLY IT’S ALSO
INTERESTING TO SEE IF SOME OF
THESE 10 REPUBLICANS CAN BE
BROUGHT ALONG TO EVEN BRING THIS
KIND OF REGULATIONS OR
REGULATIONS THAT THEY WANT IN
PLACE.
DAGEN: THERE WAS MUCH
DISCUSSION ABOUT TRYING TO RAISE
THE AGE FOR BUYING A
SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, LIKE AN
AR-15 TO 21.
THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR
HANDGUNS IS YOU HAVE TO BE 21.
SOME STATES HAVE RAISED THE A
AGEAGE,LIKE FLORIDA, TO BUY LONG
TO 21.
TED, ON THAT NOTE, IF IT DOESN’T
HAPPEN ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE
STATES CAN MOVE AND TRY TO DO IT
THEMSELVES, HALF A DOZEN STATES.
I THINK THE AGE, THE FLAT AGE
FOR BUYING ANY WEAPON IS 21.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE
STATE LEVEL IF ANYTHING.
TED WILLIAMS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.