BEEN CAST AS THE STARS OF THIS
SHOW TONIGHT.
WE’LL SEE MORE OF YOU IN JUST A
BIT.
EVEN THE CALIFORNIA COMEMIES ARE
GETTING SICK OF RAMPANT CRIME
AFTER A HUGE UP TICK IN
HOMICIDES.
GUN VIOLENCE AND TOURISTS IN
HOLLYWOOD.
A CONGRESSMAN IS ALLOCATING
MONEY TO PAY FOR MORE POLICE ON
THE STREETS.
IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR
THE LIBERAL LEADERS TO COME
CRAWLING BACK TO THE BLUE FOR
HELP?
JOINING ME NOW IS COHOST OF 640
THE SHANNON SHOW.
HEAR THE SHOW ON THE RADIO AND
WELCOME BACK, GARY HOFFMANN.
>> THANKS, KENNEDY.
HOW ARE YOU?
KENNEDY: WE’LL SEE A LOT MORE
HOLLYWOOD HORSIES AND IT’S
FANTASTIC BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE
COPS ON HORSE BACK.
IS THAT JUST ME AND MY CATEGORY,
GARY?
>> PROBABLY.
I WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO SEE A
HORSE DOWN AT HOLLYWOOD AND HIGH
LAND.
THAT WOULD NOT BRING ME COMFORT
BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
HORSE IS ABOUT TO KICK SOMEBODY
SQUARE IN THE FACE.
JUST OUT OF FEAR THAT LIKE
HOLLYWOOD JACK SPARROW IS GOING
TO TWEAK OUT AND SCARE THE
HORSE.
IT’S NOT COMFORTING TO ME AT
LEAST.
KENNEDY: WE HAVE TO BRING THINGS
BACK INTO BALANCE, DON’T WE?
>> MAYBE YOU’RE RIGHT.
MAYBE YOU’RE RIGHT.
THIS IDEA OF BRINGING MORE
COPS --
KENNEDY: WHAT’S GOING ON IN
HOLLYWOOD?
>> SO THE MITCH O’FARRELL WHO’S
THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT
REMITS THAT AREA OF THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES, CALLED HOLLYWOOD,
THE 13TH DISTRICT, HE DECIDED
HE’LL ALLOCATE SOME OF HIS
OFFICE’S FUNDS AND PUT MORE OR
PAY FOR MORE LAPD SHIFTS SO
WE’RE NOT GETTING MORE OFFICERS.
IT’S NOT A REFUNDING OF THE
POLICE NECESSARILY, BUT IT’S AT
LEAST PUTTING MORE UNIFORMED
OFFICERS ON THE STREETS OF
HOLLYWOOD AND, LISTEN, IF YOUR
VIEWERS HAVEN’T BEEN TO LOS
ANGELES IN 5, 10, 20, EVER
MAYBE, WHATEVER, HOLLYWOOD IS
NOT -- I MEAN, I KNOW YOU USE
THE WORD TOURISTY TO DESCRIBE IT
AND IT IS A TOURIST DESTINATION
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IT IS
NOT MOVIE STUDIOS, AND YOU
HAPPEN RUNNING.
IT’S NOT, YOU KNOW, TV STARS
WALKING DOWN THE STREET THAT YOU
BUMP INTO.
KENNEDY: THAT’S BURBANK.
>> YEAH, THAT’S BURBANK, THAT’S
TALUCA LAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE HILL.
THE PROBLEM WITH HOLLYWOOD IS IT
IS A TOURIST DESTINATION AND
PEOPLE THAT COME HERE FROM
ARKANSAS, WHO COME FROM
COLORADO, WHO COME FROM MONTANA
OR ILLINOIS OR ANYWHERE ELSE MAY
NOT REALIZE THAT IT IS A TOURIST
DESTINATION TO THE POINT THAT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WALKS
DOWN THAT STREET IS POTENTIALLY
A TARGET.
THAT IS BECOMING THE ISSUE.
THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD INFLICT
CRIME AND PAIN ON OTHER PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A PLACE
LIKE HOLLYWOOD AS JUST A
TARGET-RICH ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE’VE SEEN LIKE YOU SAID, THE
NUMBERS IN CRIMES GO UP,
HOMICIDES ARE UP, OH 75% OVER
THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR
SO.
KENNEDY: JESUS.
>> THERE’S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THERE’S A PROBLEM.
RIGHT, THAT’S FROM THE CITY
COUNCILMAN THAT MADE THAT
STATEMENT.
THERE’S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THERE’S A HUGE PROBLEM WHEN IT
COMES TO CRIME AND NOT
PROTECTING JUST VISITORS IN THE
FORM OF TOURISTS, BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE THIS, THE RESIDENTS WHO
LIVE THERE.
SO THESE 200 NEW SHIFTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE ADDED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT, SAY, COUPLE
OF MONTHS ARE JUST REALLY TO GET
THE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE
STREETS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
WHETHER WE WANT TO ADMIT IT OR
NOT, WHETHER WE THINK IT’S BAD
OR NOT, THE SIMPLE PRESENCE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, UNIFORMED LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN A PLACE,
WHATEVER THAT PLACE IS, WILL CUT
DOWN ON CRIME.
IT’S BEEN PROVEN OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
IT MAY NOT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
BETTER, BUT TO ME IT’S BETTER
THAN WALKING UP ON A ONE TON
HORSE THAT’S ABOUT TO KICK ME IN
THE KIDNEY.
KENNEDY: IT’S NOT GOING TO KICK
YOU IN THE KIDNEY.
HORSES CAN SENSE GOOD PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW YOU AND SHANNON ARE
ALL RIGHT BY THE ANIMAL WORLD.
TWEAKED OUT CAPTAIN JACK
SPARROW, HE’S ASKING FOR IT AND
BASICALLY WEARING A TARGET ON
HIS QUESTIONABLE TEETH.
SO WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?
>> WELL, WHAT’S TAKEN SO LONG IS
THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
HOLLYWOOD IS A FAIRY TALE PLACE.
IF YOU’RE COMING HERE FROM
ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE 213, 818
AREA CODE, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU
HAVE THIS BELIEF THAT HOLLYWOOD
IS FULL OF LITERAL STARS, NOT
JUST THE STARS ON HOLLYWOOD
BOULEVARD AND IT’S A FUN PLACE
TO BE AND YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR
NICE T-SHIRT THAT SAYS I’M A
LIFE GUARD IN CALIFORNIA OR MY
PARENTS WENT TO HOLLYWOOD AND
ALL I GOT WAS THIS CRAPPY
T-SHIRT.
TO GET ONE OF THOSE, YOU HAVE TO
WALK OVER HOMELESS PEOPLE.
YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO
POTENTIALLY WALK OVER VOMIT OR
EXCREMENT OR FECAL MATTER, YOU
HAVE TO WALK OVER IT.
KENNEDY: THANK YOU FOR THE NEW
WORD I’LL INSERT INTO ONE OF MY
MONOLOGUES NEXT WEEK.
GARY, WE HAVE TO GO BUT THANK
YOU FOR KEEPING LA SAFE ONE
KIDNEY AT A TIME.
>> WATCH OUT FOR SPIDERMAN, HE’S
NOT REALLY GOOD.
KENNEDY: HE DOESN’T HAVE SPECIAL