[Press Conference: "Crime Stoppers and Public Safety"]
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WE ARE ENTERING A MASSIVE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND A SEASON OF COLLABORATION THAT WE ARE SO EXCITED BY.UH, CRIME STOPPERS OF HOUSTON IS THE NUMBER ONE CRIME STOPPERS IN THE WORLD OF ALL THE MAJOR CITIES.
THEY COME TO US WHEN IT LOOKS TO THE VOICE AND THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE, AND WE OFFER A SOLUTION.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO KEEP DOING THAT.
UM, AND FOR NOW, I WILL WELCOME, UH, CHIEF CLEMENTE.
UH, I REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CRIME STOPPERS.
UH, MY NAME IS KENTON RODRIGUEZ.
I'M THE CHIEF OF THE RICE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CURRENT HOUSTON AREA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE GOING TO BE THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE INTRODUCING THE NEW PRESIDENT HERE SHORTLY.
BUT I WANNA SAY THAT THE COLLABORATION FROM CRIME STOPPERS HELPING US TO HOST, TO BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TOGETHER ON A MONTHLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS ALL THE ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.
AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT COLLABORATION.
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT COLLABORATION, AND I FEEL CONFIDENT TODAY IS A STEP IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, MY NAME'S PAUL CORDOVA, THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR ALDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANNA DOVETAIL OFF OF WHAT CHIEF, UH, CLEMENTE RODRIGUEZ JUST SAID.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO CRIME STOPPERS, UH, FOR HOSTING US.
EVERY MONTH, UH, WE'RE OVER 200 MEMBERS, STRONG OF CHIEFS, UH, POLICE CHIEFS, ASSISTANT CHIEFS, SHERIFFS, AND, UH, CONSTABLES.
SO WE MEET EVERY MONTH AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO COLLABORATE, SHARE INFORMATION, AND CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN THESE BARRIERS, UH, BETWEEN US THAT, UH, THE CRIMINALS HAVE NO BARRIERS.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY BARRIERS.
WE WANNA SHARE OUR RESOURCES AND, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE MAYOR, UH, UH, GIVING US EXTRA HORSEPOWER AND, AND LEADERSHIP.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
CRIME STOPPERS FOR, AGAIN, DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THESE, UH, CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE, BUT LET ME JUST GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS A SYSTEM.
ANY COMPONENT OF IT NOT WORKING AFFECTS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
FIRST OF ALL, BEING SAFE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR HOUSTONIANS.
NOT ONLY BE SAFE, BUT FEEL SAFE.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE ADJUSTED THEIR LIFESTYLES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE.
SENIORS DON'T GO OUT AT NIGHT.
FAMILIES DON'T GO TO THE PARKS.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY GREAT CITIES LIVE.
SO NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT IN MY ADMINISTRATION THAN PUBLIC SAFETY.
I HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHIEF THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DRAWING UP ACTION PLANS.
THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA WORK TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A, A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HARRIS COUNTY.
WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET THEM TO COLLABORATE, TALK WITH EACH OTHER, SHARE RESOURCES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST OFFICERS ON THE STREET, IT'S THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS. OUR FORENSICS ARE TAKEN WAY TOO LONG TO DO EXAMINATIONS, BALLISTIC TESTS, TO GET PEOPLE READY FOR COURT.
OUR JUDGES, WE'VE GOT SOME JUDGES THAT UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.
SOME DO NOT TAKE IT AS SERIOUS AS THEY SHOULD.
WE NEED ALL OF OUR JUDGES TO REALIZE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE TO PURSUE REDUCING THAT BACKLOG.
THERE ARE 900 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF HOUSTON CHARGED WITH MURDER OR CAPITAL MURDER, WAITING TO GO TO COURT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY'RE EITHER ON BOND OR THEY'RE FUGITIVES.
THE CHIEF HAS ALREADY ELABORATED HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
THOSE FUGITIVES MURDERS, CAPITAL MURDERS ARE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
I PASSED LEGISLATION LAST SESSION, MOVING MURDER AND CAPITAL MURDER TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
THERE'S NO HIGHER PRIORITY THAN TO GET REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET OF HOUSTON.
HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN COURT, EITHER TO BE FOUND INNOCENT OR INCARCERATED.
ALSO, NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS IF THEY NEED HELP TURNING THEIR LIVES AROUND.
THAT'S THE SMART ELEMENT OF CRIME.
TOUGH AND SMART ON CRIME WILL BE THE MESSAGE AND THE PRACTICE AND THE MISSION OF MY ADMINISTRATION.
THERE'S ENERGY IN THE ROOM AND ALSO I'M ALREADY DETECTING THE ENERGY OF HPD OFFICERS.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A MAYOR THAT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR PROFESSION AND THEY WANT TO SERVE HOUSTONIANS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A VERY SERIOUS RECRUITMENT AND HPD TO ATTRACT EVEN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
WE'RE GONNA FIND THE RESOURCES TO PAY UP.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE SHERIFF OF HARRIS COUNTY.
AND, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK WE, I CAN ALREADY FEEL THE DIFFERENCE, JUST THE FACT THAT HOUSTONIANS
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KNOW THAT WE ADMIT THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.YOU CAN TAKE CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT ARE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.
I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE THE STATS BECAUSE WHOEVER I DEBATE WILL LOSE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND PROTECT HOUSTONIANS AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY.
WITH THAT SAID, CHIEF FINNER, I APPRECIATE YOU OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I KNOW HIS SCHEDULES A LITTLE.
SOME OFFICERS SAID YOU WANTED TO FIND MORE MONEY TO PAY OFFICERS.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH AUDITS RIGHT NOW IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CUT OUT WASTE DUPLICATION.
WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AFTER WE CUT OUT DUPLICATION AND WASTE AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND TELL 'EM WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
SO, SO IT'S, IT IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT US TO JUST COME TOGETHER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER.
I WANT TO LEAVE HERE WITH THE OFFICERS AND THE CHIEFS FIRED UP.
SO YOU'RE GOING, MAYBE GONNA GO TO THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE ADEQUATE FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION FOR THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON.
THEY, THEY, THEY JUST ELECTED ME BECAUSE THAT WAS MY MESSAGE.
WOULD THAT INCLUDE TRYING TO LOOK THE REVENUE CAP? I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE HOUSTON A SAFE CITY.
WE DO NOT NEED TO GO AND ADDRESS REVENUE CAP.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A STATE REVENUE CAP THAT WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT US.
BUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR, DO WE NEED TO CREATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DISTRICTS? I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE'RE GONNA BE CREATIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT STARTS WITH KEEPING VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDERS OFF STREET.
BUT YOU GOTTA GET 'EM TO COURT.
YOU GOTTA HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE PRISON SYSTEM FOR MEAN DANGEROUS REPEAT OFFENDERS.
THE FOLKS THAT DO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS, THE FOLKS THAT Y'ALL COVER ON YOUR 10 O'CLOCK NEWS, THOSE GUYS DON'T DO IT ONE TIME.
THAT'S THEIR PROFESSION, THEIR JOB, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST NOW GETTING UP RIGHT NOW TO PLAN THEIR MISSION AND THEIR PRACTICE TONIGHT.
IN FACT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU LET, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A OFFENDER AND YOU WANT TO BE A VIOLENT OFFENDER IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
'CAUSE THIS GROUP IS COMING AFTER YOU.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MORE GROUPS ON THE GROUND? AND WE'VE DONE MANY STORIES FROM SIX PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO FEEL NEGLECTED AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OFFICERS THERE.
LAST TIME, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS AROUND 2000.
WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING? UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED RECRUITMENT, BUT HOW CAN WE SO CERTAIN THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THESE OFFICERS TO STREETS? BECAUSE IT'S MY PRIORITY AND IT'S THE PRIORITY OF HPD AND OUR BROTHER AGE SISTER AGENCIES.
YOU, YOU CAN'T FIX SOMETHING UNTIL YOU ADMIT IT'S A PROBLEM.
AND WE HAVE FEWER OFFICERS THAN WE DID JUST A COUPLE YEARS AND, AND A LOT FEWER THAN WE HAD 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO WITH OUR POPULATION GROWN.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE SERIOUS ABOUT RECRUITING.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE'S AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO HOUSTON.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS FROM SEATTLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR LATERAL HIRING.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO HOUSTON AND WANT TO WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN OUR BEST RECRUITERS.
THEY HAVEN'T PRACTICED THAT IN RECENT YEARS 'CAUSE THEY WERE FRUSTRATED.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS THE PRIORITY OF THEIR MAYOR.
SO NOW OFFICERS, I'M GOING OUT TO THE CADET CLASS NEXT WEEK AND TALK TO THE CADET CLASS.
WHAT OBSTACLES DID YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME TO BECOME HPD OFFICER? I MENTIONED ONE I THINK IN THE SWEARING IN THE OTHER DAY.
OFFICERS CADETS HAVE TO PURCHASE A THOUSAND DOLLARS SERVICE REVOLVER.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF 'EM HAVE TO GO TO THE POLICE CREDIT UNION AND BORROW MONEY TO BUY A REVOLVER BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FIRST HPD CHECK NONSENSE? THE POLICE FOUNDATION.
I COULD GET OTHER CORPORATE SPONSORS TO BUY THEIR PISTOLS.
IT'S JUST WELCOME THEM TO CITY OF HOUSTON.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE ENTHUSIASM IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME REALLY SERIOUS RECRUITING AND I WILL PARTICIPATE.
AND THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU'VE MENTIONED DPS BEFORE, HAVE THAT, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS STARTED? UM, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED.
WE HAVE POLICE CHASES THAT WE COVER ALL THE TIME THAT BE DANGEROUS.
AND YOU MENTIONED ADDED RESOURCES FROM DPS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE RESOURCES WOULD BE IN ORDER TO REDUCE CRIME? DPS WAS PRESENT THIS MORNING.
I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH D-P-S-H-P-D HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DPS.
IT HAS WORKED IN OTHER CITIES.
I UNDERSTAND SOME CONTROVERSIES IN AUSTIN, BUT THAT WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE ACTIVISTS THAT DIDN'T WANT IT TO SUCCEED.
DPS IS IN HOUSTON THIS MORNING.
I HAVE MADE CALLS WITH HPD RIDEALONGS AND DPS IS THERE.
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DPS COULD HELP US WITH AIR COVER TO REDUCE THE, THE NE THE NECESSITY OF, UH, CHASES.WE COULD GET SOMEONE IN THE AIR.
IN FACT, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK HPD NEEDS MORE COVERAGE IN THE AIR AND WE WILL GO TO AUSTIN AND TRY TO GET THOSE RESOURCES.
SO IT'S THAT FORCE MULTIPLIER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE NEED MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
WHY IN THE WORLD WHEN YOU USE DPS ON YOUR FREE ROADS AND THOROUGHFARES FREEING UP HPD TO BE IN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UH, PEOPLE SO BADLY WANT? WE'RE JUST GONNA BE SMART ON FIGHTING CRIME AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS COLLABORATION.
WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE MAKE REFERENCE THAT THEY PRIMARILY PATROL IN, IN THE COUNTY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE GOT HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY'RE SHORT ON STAFFING.
BUT I THINK IF WE GET TOGETHER, LIKE WE ARE BEGINNING TODAY, YOU GO TO LITTLE LITTLE YORK ON THE NORTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET IS A COUNTY ACROSS THE STREET IS HPD, THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING TO EVEN BACK UP EACH OFFICER.
SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SMART ON CRIME THAT WE CAN DO.
BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE IT YOUR PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS MORNING HAVING DPS TROOPERS HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
IS THAT STILL YOUR INTENTION? I'M SORRY, WHAT? HAVING DPS TROOPERS.
I THEY WERE PULLING PEOPLE OVER ON TWO 90 THE OTHER DAY.
THEY'RE PULLING 'EM OVER ON I 10.
WE JUST WANT TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE.
DIVIDE THE CITY BY AGENCIES WHERE WHO'S GONNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NO COMMUNITY GOING.
UNSERVED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A PRIORITY TO DPS.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU, IT'S DANGEROUS OUT THERE TO DRIVE RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE GET RUN OVER IF YOU DO THE SPEED LIMIT ON OUR FREEWAYS.
LET ME YELL TO CHIEF FINNER WHO I JUST WANT TO, WHO'S GOING TO EXECUTE THIS? NO, NO.
OKAY, LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS.
IT, IT IS TURNED POLITICAL BUT NOT HERE IN THIS REGION.
UM, ALL OF THE LEADERS THAT HAVE COME DOWN FROM DPS HAS ALLOWED THE SHERIFF AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND OTHER AGENCIES IN THEIR AREAS TO DRIVE THE TACTICS TO DRIVE HOW WE GONNA ATTACK CRIME.
UH, THEY'RE PART OF OUR, OF, OF, OF OUR PARTNERS.
A LOT OF TIMES HOUSTONIANS DON'T REALIZE, UM, THE, THE STAFFING AND, AND, AND THE BUDGET OF OUR AIR SUPPORT IS NOT THERE, WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
UM, THE MAYOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING MORE RESOURCES, BUT WHO HAVE WE RELIED ON AND WHO HAS PARTNERS WITH US FLYING OVER OUR CITY HELPING US TO REDUCE SOME OF THE PURSUITS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THIS POLITICAL THING.
WE'RE GONNA ALL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
ONE THING THAT I DO IN THIS CITY IS I CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS AND EVERY COMMUNITY TRUSTS ME.
AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT THEY CONTINUE TO TRUST ME AS WE BUILD, UH, WITH EVERYBODY HERE.
WOULD THE HIGHER AIR PRESENCE, WOULD THAT CHANGE THE POLICY RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS? IF YOU GUYS HAD MORE PRESENCE IN THE AIR, I, I THINK IT WOULD HELP US.
UM, AND, AND AND, AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND I'M ALWAYS, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PURSUITS, EVERY ACCIDENT OR EVERY CRASH, I MEANT TO SAY, UH, DOING A PURSUIT.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE IT, IMPROVING THINGS, BUT MORE AIR SUPPORT, MORE SHIPS UP.
THAT'S GONNA HELP US GO AHEAD.
AND, AND AS CHIEF WAS SO ARTICULATE ON, WE GOT TO DE POLITICIZE THE DPS ISSUE.
IT'S WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
THEY WOULD WORK ON THE DIRECTION OF CHIEF FINN AS THEY CURRENTLY DO.
WE WILL NOT TOLERATE RACIAL PROFILING.
BUT WHEN THEY WERE IN AUSTIN BEING EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW WHAT MOST OF THE CALLS WERE, THEY WERE 9 1 1 FROM THE MINORITY COMMUNITY.
MINORITY COMMUNITY IS IN GREAT NEED OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAIL IN IN THIRD WARD THAT PEOPLE CAN'T USE 'CAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA GET ROBBED.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LIVE LIKE THAT IN ANY PART OF HOUSTON.
SO IT'S, IT IS TIME TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND, AND FIND RESULTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE LAWMAKER.
HOW DO YOU THINK THOSE RELATIONSHIP WILL BENEFIT THE SITUATION? IT'S ALREADY BENEFITING.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST MENTION THE LAND COMMISSION OFFICE, UH, TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT WE'D BE GETTING $200 MILLION SOON ON HARVEY RECOVERY FUNDING.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PUTTING POLITICS ASIDE.
YES, THE STATE HAS SOME RESOURCES AND BECAUSE OF THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN PREVIOUS YEARS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE LOSING OUT ON SOME VALUABLE FUNDING.
DALLAS IS GETTING MORE STATE RESOURCES.
THAT'S FIXING TO CHANGE AS WE STAND HERE AND TALK.
AUSTIN UNDERSTANDS HOW HOUSTON GOES, IS HOW THE REST OF THE STATE GOES.
AND THEY REPRESENT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT, THAT I DO.
AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US SOME RESOURCES.
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COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.UH, WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUE.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE HOMELESS ISSUE INVOLVES THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WE GOTTA HAVE A MEANINGFUL REENTRY PROGRAM.
YOU CAN'T LET PEOPLE OUT AT TDCJ OR THE COUNTY JAIL ONTO THE STREETS OF HOUSTON WITHOUT SOMEWHERE TO GO WORK AND GET SOME MEDICAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M BRINGING, UH, MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
I'M RESULTS ORIENTED AND I'M READY TO GO TO WORK.
PLEASE TALK A LOT ABOUT MURDER.
WE KNOW THAT THE MURDER MM-HMM
IN CITY BY EVERYDAY CRIME THAT IMPACTS EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
IS PROPERTY CRIME, AUTO THEFT, UM, EVEN SEXUAL ASSAULT, THOSE CRIMES ARE UP.
ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU ARE GONNA WORK ON IN ORDER TO, WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE VALID DEFENDERS ARE A HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UH, NONVIOLENT CRIMES SUCH AS BREAKING IN THE CAR, SOMEONE EXPLAINED TO ME YEARS AGO, IT'S ONLY NONVIOLENT 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T TRY TO STOP 'EM.
WE LOST A DEPUTY 'CAUSE HE INTERVENED ON THE, ON THE STREETS OF A SHOPPING CENTER.
SO IT'S ALL IMPORTANT RESPONSE TIMES IMPORTANT.
AND YOU AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE CAR BREAK-INS AND THEY DON'T EVEN CALL HPD BECAUSE OF THE RED TAPE AND THE LACK OF, UH, RESPONSE TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS, MY HOUSE WAS BURGLARIZED, UH, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.
THEY WERE INSIDE MY HOUSE BEING VIDEOED FOR EIGHT MINUTES.
THE BAD GUYS ARE NOT AFRAID TO BE VIDEOED OR AN ALARMED.
AND I CAN REMEMBER AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE WHEN AN ALARM WENT OFF, THE BAD GUYS RAN UHUH.
THEY, THEY JUST TAKE THEIR TIME AND RAM CHECK YOUR HOUSE AND GO.
SO IT'S A, IT IS A NEW DAY AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST PARTY.
BUT DON'T THINK THAT, WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND GARBAGE PICKUP AND CITY SERVICES.
IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT IT STARTS WITH BEING SAFE.
LET'S GET THIS LAST ONE OVER HERE.
I GOT YOU DON'T WANNA DEBATE THE STA I JUST WONDERED, WHAT ARE YOU USING AS A BASELINE NOW TO MEASURE YOUR OWN SUCCESS IN THIS AREA? OH, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE DO THAT.
UH, LISTEN, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT STATS.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT COMMON SENSE LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND RESPONDING.
SO THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT, THAT LOOK AT THE STATS.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW AND A YEAR AFTER THAT.
WHAT'S SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN A YEAR? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE DOING THAT? PEOPLE ARE GONNA FEEL SAFER AND THEY'RE GONNA BE REAL SAFER.
UH, 32,000 FELONS WAITING TO GO TO COURT.
WE JUST CREATED THREE NEW COURTS TO DEAL WITH THE BACKLOG.
LET'S SEE IF THE BACKLOG IS BEING REDUCED.
UH, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE INDICATORS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
HOW ABOUT THE MORALE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY? IF OFFICERS DON'T THINK SOMEONE'S LISTENING TO THEM AND THEY SEE THAT THEY'RE ARRESTING THE SAME PERSONS OVER AND OVER 'CAUSE WE GOT A REVOLVING DOOR DOWN AT THE COURTHOUSE, WE GOT TO HAVE A BOND SYSTEM THAT IS RISK ASSESSMENT.
JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY'S CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR DATE.
IF THEY GOT A STRING OF VIOLENT FELONY CONVICTIONS, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND I'VE QUITE FRANKLY GOTTA GO TO WORK AS I STAND BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW.