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I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AT HPD.
I WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU AND WELCOME OUR ILLUSTRIOUS GUESTS.
WE ARE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 41ST ANNUAL MARCH ON CRIME CAMPAIGN.
I WANNA WELCOME JOHN MI WHITMEYER, OUR MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF NOAD DIAZ, AND OUR LARGE GATHERING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WE HAVE SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TWILA CARTER.
COUNCIL MEMBER JULIAN RAMIREZ.
SALLY ALCORN, MARY ANN HUFF AND REPRESENTATIVE.
SOME OTHER OFFICES I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PEC IS ALSO HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR, OUR LEADERS HERE AS WELL.
MARCH ON CRIME BEGAN IN 1984 WHEN LEADERS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES CAME TOGETHER AND PARTNERED WITH HPD TO FIGHT RISING CRIME.
THE PROGRAM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT TWO YEARS LATER IT EXPANDED INTO THE LATINO COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN IN 1991 MARCH ON CRIME BECAME A CITYWIDE PROGRAM.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO INVOLVE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES IN HARRIS AND FORT BEND COUNTIES AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PROGRAM'S.
MAIN MESSAGE IS THAT NO ONE GROUP, NO ONE POLICE AGENCY CAN FIGHT CRIME ALONE.
NEIGHBORS NEED TO HELP NEIGHBORS.
COMMUNITIES NEED TO WORK WITH HPD AND THEIR LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING TO KEEP THIS GREAT CITY AND OUR REGION SAFE.
HPD AND THESE AGENCIES HERE ALONGSIDE US DISCUSS AND SHARE CRIME PREVENTION TIPS YEAR ROUND.
THIS IS NOT JUST A MARCH EVENT.
WE HIGHLIGHT IT IN MARCH TO EMPHASIZE CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYONE UNITE TO MARCH ON CRIME.
I'D NOW LIKE TO BRING UP MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER FOR A FEW REMARKS AND PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO CHIEF DIAZ.
AND THANK EVERYONE THAT'S, UH, PRESENT.
CERTAINLY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, CERTAINLY ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES.
DPS CONSTABLES, OUR POLICE CHIEF, AND FOR SURE, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN TIER, WHO IS A PARTNER IN FIGHTING CRIME.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT COMING TOGETHER TO REINFORCE OUR MISSION.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, MAYBE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OR WHATEVER IT TAKES, WE WON'T CALL THIS MARCH ON CRIME, BUT MARCH AGAINST CRIME AND WE CAN USE EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR IS A DAY AGAINST CRIME.
I KNOW WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE HAVE CHALLENGES.
PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
'CAUSE IF WE'RE NOT SAFE, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
AND I'M CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT 1984, CHIEF LEE BROWN WAS THE CHIEF.
I HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH HIM.
HE WAS CERTAINLY A CRIME FIGHTER AND THEN SERVED HONORABLY AS OUR MAYOR.
MIGHT MENTION KATHY WHITMEYER WAS THE MAYOR.
AND IT'S STILL A CONCERN TODAY ACROSS OUR NATION, MATTER OF FACT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND GREAT PEOPLE, AND WE MEET OUR CHALLENGES.
AND WHILE WE DO A SERIOUS ALL HANDS ON DECK RECRUITMENT OF ADDITIONAL HPD OFFICERS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE COLLABORATING WITH THESE OTHER AGENCIES.
THE CHIEF AND I HAVE BEEN GOING ON SURGES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT ALL HOUSTON ALWAYS TO HAVE THE TYPE OF COVERAGE THAT WE DEMONSTRATE ON OUR SURGES.
WE'VE GOT HOTSPOTS WE RECOGNIZE PROBABLY ABOUT NINE, THAT HE AND I BELIEVE WE NEED, WHAT YOU COULD CALL A SURGE OR ALL HANDS ON DECK WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
75 DPS OFFICERS COME WITH US ON THOSE VENTURES.
METRO POLICE, THE CONSTABLES, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
WE ACTUALLY TAKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR HEALTH VIOLATIONS AND SOUND ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
SO I'M, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING LOCALLY TO FIGHT CRIME.
THE MORALE OF HPD HASN'T BEEN THIS HIGH IN YEARS, AND WE'RE GONNA GET A FAIR CONTRACT.
WE'RE GONNA WANT PEOPLE TO WANT TO MOVE HERE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO WORK FOR HPD.
AND WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN COUNSEL.
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RECOGNIZING THIS DAY IT RE ITERATES WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD.AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT MARCH ON CRIME.
IT'S GONNA BE MARCH AGAINST CRIME AS LONG AS I'VE GOT A VOICE.
SO, AS A MAYOR OF HOUSTON, I, JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 3RD, 2025 IS MARCH ON CRIME.
LIEUTENANT CONTRA EL CORINA DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
LET'S, LET'S REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME AND LET EVERY HOUSTONIAN KNOW WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU CHIEF, FOR WHAT YOUR OFFICERS DO.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING ALL HOUSTONIANS SAFE IS TRULY INSPIRING.
I WANNA THANK ALL THE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AT, ON A DAILY BASIS TO INCLUDE OUR PARTNERS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB KEEPING US SAFE AS WE DO OUR JOB.
I WANNA THANK OUR MEDIA PARTNERS, UH, FOR HELPING US REPORT FACTS THAT HELP US HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
SO YOUR AUDIENCES ARE WHO WE SERVE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE'RE FOCUSED ON KEEPING ALL HOUSTONIANS SAFE.
UH, ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES IS MAKING SURE THAT IF WE, IF WE'RE CARRYING GUNS IN OUR CARS, THAT WE'RE LOCKING OUR CARS, SECURING OUR WEAPONS.
'CAUSE EVERY DAY ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 HANDGUNS OR WEAPONS ARE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES THAT WIND UP AT CRIME SCENE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
WE ALSO WANNA SPREAD THE WORD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AGING POPULATION IS FOCUSED AND KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SCAMS ON THE PHONE.
CHECK ON YOUR AUNTS AND UNCLES.
MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S NOT CALLING THEM AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
AND I ALSO WANT TO DECREASE THE ROAD RATE.
SO OUR PARTNERS AT DPS AND OUR NEIGHBORING SHERIFFS.
I WANNA, SHERIFF FAGAN, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THAT, THAT THE CITY KNOWS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT COLLECTIVELY WITH ALL THESE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ROADWAYS ARE SAFE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, GOING FORWARD, IT'S TIME TO FOCUS TOGETHER.
IT TRULY IS IT FOR LASTING SOLUTIONS TO WHAT WE CALL CRIME HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE DETERMINATION AND HOPE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, AS LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK AT EVERY SINGLE DAY IS WHAT'S GONNA MAKE THE CITY SUCCESSFUL, IS WHAT'S GONNA KEEP OUR SAFE, OUR STREETS SAFE, AND MAKE US A BETTER COMMUNITY OVERALL.
AND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM ME, I WANT TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THESE UNIFORMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE HARD WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I DON'T GO A DAY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT OUR EVENING NIGHT SHIFT AND EVERYBODY THAT'S PULLING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CALLS OR SERVICE ARE BEING ANSWERED.
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DOING THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT.
MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON SERVING THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN EVERY ASPECT.
SO I WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK NIGHTS, EVENING DAYS, HOLIDAYS, RODEO PARADES.
WE HAD A FANTASTIC RODEO RUN, FANTASTIC RODEO EVENT.
SO IT'S ALL THANKS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARTNER AGENCIES.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL END SHANTE PLEASE.
UM, I WANNA START BY THANKING CHIEF DIAZ, UM, AND HPD FOR HAVING US IN THEIR BRIEFING ROOM.
UM, AND I REALLY WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR WHITMEYER.
UM, THE, THE REEMPHASIS AND DOUBLING DOWN ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMPOWERING THE MEN AND WOMEN AT HPD BY GETTING RECRUITING CLASSES, BY GETTING, UM, THE ACADEMY UP AND RUNNING THE WAY THAT IT IS.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I GO TO SCENES.
I I'M OUT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
THE MORALE AND, AND JUST THE, THE DRIVE OF THE HPD OFFICERS THAT I'M WITH, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS RIGHT NOW IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS, AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT BOTH TO YOU GIVING CHIEF DIAZ THE POWER.
BUT CHIEF DIAZ AND CHIEF HARDING AND HIS COMMAND STAFF, IT TRICKLING DOWN.
SO I, I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE, WE'RE IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION, UH, TO TACKLE CRIME IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT HERE IN A LONG TIME.
AND THAT GOES TO SPEAK TO ALL OF OUR AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH, JUST AS THE MEDIA LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE FROM HISD, PD D TO PRECINCT FIVE, UH, AND THE NEW CONSTABLE THERE, CHIEF FAGAN, SHERIFF FAGAN.
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WHEN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE BAD GUYS DON'T THINK ABOUT COUNTY LINES.THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES.
THEY GO WHEREVER THEY'RE GONNA GO.
AND WE HAVE TO WORK AS UNITS AND AS A COLLABORATIVE TEAM TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, WE ARE GONNA BE OPEN AND HELPFUL TO EVERY SINGLE AGENCY THAT IS IN THIS BATTLE WITH US.
UM, AND SO WHILE MARCH IS A GREAT TIME TO HIGHLIGHT IT, WE ARE MARCHING AGAINST CRIME EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, BOTH IN PROHIBITIVE MEASURES, PUNITIVE MEASURES, AND IN SECOND CHANCES.
BUT IN ALL OF THEM, IT IS AN EYE TOWARD MAKING THE PUBLIC SAFE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.
YOU WANNA CLOSE IT OUT? MAYOR, ANY QUESTIONS FOR YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS? CLOSE IT OUT.
UH, RAM HERE WITH, UH, KHU 11.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THE FOCUS TODAY IS ABOUT, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, UH, FROM THE ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT I KNOW OVER THE WEEKEND, SHERIFF GONZALEZ TWEETED ABOUT, UM, AN INCREASE IN JUVENILE CRIMES, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM ONE OF THE AGENCIES OR MAYBE THE MAYOR THAT CAN SPEAK TO, UH, WHAT'S BEING DONE TO CURB SOME OF THE JUVENILE VIOLENCE WORK? A LOT OF EARLY INTERVENTION WORKING THROUGH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ASKING PARENTS TO, UH, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN ASSIST A FAMILY, YOU KNOW, THE TRAGEDIES WE READ AND HEAR ABOUT AND MAKE THE CAUSE SO MANY OF THEM, SO MANY OF THEM.
IF WE JUST HAD A REPORT OF TRUANCY OR FIGHTING AT SCHOOL, BULLYING.
SO I'M JUST SPEAKING AS, AS A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
UH, AND CERTAINLY AS A PARENT AND AS A MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, IT'S NOT JUST THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A TROUBLED YOUTH, REACH OUT, TALK TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS, THESE CONSTABLES ARE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, I'M CERTAIN HPD HAS INITIATIVES, BUT I JUST KNOW EARLY INTERVENTION, YOU EITHER PAY NOW WITH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.
YOU PAY NOW OR YOU PAY LATER AND YOU MAY PAY WITH YOUR LIFE LATER.
SO IT'S IN ALL OF OUR INTERESTS, CERTAINLY AS, AS YOU'RE ON PATROL, KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY AND UH, GIVE A SMILE AND A HANDSHAKE TO THAT YOUNG PERSON.
LET 'EM KNOW WE'RE HERE TO SERVE.
CHIEF, I YIELD TO YOU FROM YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND I ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID OTHER THAN, UH, AS PARENTS TOO OFTEN OUR CHILDREN ARE SO FOCUSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THEIR CELL PHONES, I'D ASK THE PARENTS TO STAY IN THEIR BUSINESS, RIGHT? GET IN THEIR PHONES, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE WHO THEY'RE COMMUNICATING.
'CAUSE AN INSULT OVER A CELL PHONE MAY LEAD TO A TRAGEDY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT, I MEAN, WE HEAR IT EVERY DAY, RIGHT? SO MAKE
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SURE THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED.IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
MAKE SURE THAT AS PARENTS WE ARE PARENTING AND MAKING GOOD DECISIONS WITH WHO OUR CHILDREN ARE COMMUNICATING WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DOING GOOD 'CAUSE IT'S EASY TO DO GOOD, IT'S EASY TO DO, RIGHT? BUT WHEN THEY GET OFF IN THESE LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA APPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT USUALLY CREATES PROBLEMS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
HAVING SOME FACE TIME WITH YOUR PARENTS EVERY NOW AND THEN AND STAYING OFF OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS, TABLETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, GOES A LONG WAY.
BY THE WAY, LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, CHIEF.
YOU KNOW WHAT SHOCKS ME AND WE NEED TO ALL COVER IT AND SPEAK OUT, IS THE ACCESS OF GUNS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERESA DAVIS, A SHOOTOUT OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WERE FISTFIGHTS WHEN I WAS COMING THROUGH WALTRIP HIGH SCHOOL AND WHEN MOST OF YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, PARENTS KNOW, KNOW IF YOUR CHILD HAS POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THEIR BACKPACK, THAT'S ALL PREVENTABLE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH COMMUNICATION.
GOOD, GOOD PREVENTION OF JUST KNOWING WHY.
HOW DO THEY GET THE GUNS? DO THEY LEAVE HOME WITH THEM? DO YOU HAVE 'EM LYING AROUND ACCESSIBLE AT THE HOUSE? SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY THINGS WE CAN DO.
THE COMMUNICATION, THE EARLY INTERVENTION.
BUT FOR SURE, DON'T LET YOUR TEENAGE SON OR DAUGHTER HAVE ACCESS TO A FIST PISTOL.
'CAUSE WHERE WE ARE IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW OF AN OLD TIME FIST FIGHT LEADS TO A SHOOTOUT.
SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE OUR EARS AND EYES OPEN.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, YES, SIR.
UH, WHAT MEASURE IS, UH, H HPD TALKING WHEN KIDS CALL THE MAIN OR CRIMES IN HOUSTON? THE MAJOR CAUSE? YES.
I HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT EVERYTHING.
SOCIAL MEDIA, AS THE CHIEF JUST SAID, SOME NEGATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA TEXT BECOMES A SHOOTOUT, ROAD RAGE, MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, ASK FOR ASSISTANCE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE UNDER THAT TYPE OF STRESS.
YOU KNOW, HPD AND THESE OFFICERS ARE DOING OUTSTANDING WORK, PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK FOR OUR SAFETY.
THEN THEY GO OVER THERE AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
GET VERY LOW BOND, A LONG LIST OF MURDERERS AND EVEN CAPITAL MURDERERS CHARGED WITH A CRIME THAT GET A BOND.
IT'S JUST IN MY CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 30 YEARS AS CHAIRMAN, IT IS UNHEARD OF THAT A CAPITAL MURDER DEFENDANT CHARGED OR A MURDER CHARGED GETS A BOND, LOW BOND OUT ON THE STREETS.
IF THEY'RE NOT GUILTY, FIND 'EM NOT GUILTY.
LET 'EM GET ON WITH THEIR LIFE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT NEARLY AS MUCH OR AS CORRECTLY AS WE HAD JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS YOU ASK ABOUT OUR CRIME IS WE'RE SEEING THE SAME OFFENDERS REPEAT CRIMES.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS YOU SEE ON VIDEOS HOLDING UP THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
THESE OFFICERS TOOK HIM TO JAIL A FEW DAYS AGO.
THE GUNS ARE THE TOOLS OF HIS TRADE.
BUT IF SOMEBODY PUTS A GUN IN YOUR FACE AS I'VE HAD THE, THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY STRONGEST MESSAGE.
CHIEF, I YIELD TO YOU OF WHAT'S CAUSING DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, HUGE PROBLEM.
BUT ANYWAY, THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING A, A GREAT JOB COLLABORATING.
WE HAD 400 CADETS WENT THROUGH OUR ACADEMY LAST YEAR IN 24 FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I KNEW THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THEIR FIREARM.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? THAT YOU MAKE A POLICE RECRUIT A CADET, GO BORROW MONEY AT THE POLICE CREDIT UNION FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS FIREARM.
THANK GOODNESS THE FOUNDATION IS PAYING FOR THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE GAVE A $10,000 RAISE FOR THE CADETS THERE THAT'S GONNA STAY IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE, THEY'RE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, KNOW WE APPRECIATE 'EM AND WE SURE AS HECK APPRECIATE OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, THAT, THAT GET US IN,
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IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS OUT OF DANGEROUS E WHETHER IT'S A FIRE EMS OR BLOCKING THE FREEWAY TRAFFIC SO THESE OFFICERS CAN DO THEIR WORK.SO I'M, I'M PRETTY PUMPED ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND THE HARD WORK OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
NOW WE GOTTA HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHARES MY VIEWS IN THAT WE CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONDUCT VIOLENT REPEAT CRIMES WITHOUT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GR GRIZZLY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
GRISLY, THANK, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO BE HERE WITH US.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
EVERYONE AT BAGBY, EVERYONE AT CITY HALL IS WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THE MAYOR IS, IS HYPER-FOCUSED ON IT.
WE'RE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND THERE'S SOME INITIATIVES COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN US YET, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
SO, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR OUR MEDIA PARTNERS.