WEBVTT - 7-15-26: CLT 1st Half Crime Stats 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:29.560 Hi Oh, let's go. Hi Oh, let's go. Oh, Let's go. 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:35.720 Let's go the fuck am Action Shawston one seven point 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.040 at nine FM WBT. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.000 Brett Jensen here with you on this Wednesday night edition 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.839 of Breaking with Brett Jensen. As we go all the 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.640 way up until seven o'clock tonight, tell phone numbers to 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.640 get in on the show seven oh four five, seven 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:49.919 oh one oh seven nine. 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It's the first time he will 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.400 have appeared on this show, so looking forward to that. 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.959 And now with the expanded coverage of one of seven 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:27.640 point nine, we are now into his district coverage wise, 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:29.959 so listeners in his area I can now listen to 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:33.120 us without an issue. But we're gonna start off tonight 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:37.400 with CMPDE crime stats. They did their first six months 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:42.160 of crime and just like the first six months from 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:47.200 last year, crime was down, just like it was last year. 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.400 And then if you remember, in the second half of 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:50.920 the year. 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:57.240 It exploded like exploded, exploded like fireworks, exploded, like exploded, 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.480 like what's happening in Iran right now with all the bombs. 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.520 So and then again you're getting ready to hear CMPD 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.760 Chief of Stella Patterson talk about the crime stats. But 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.639 one thing to keep in mind, this isn't through today 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:15.520 July fifteenth. These stats are through June thirtieth, the first 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:20.320 six months of the year, and then in sometime in 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:25.640 early October we'll have through the first nine months, and 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.280 then sometime in January we'll have the entire stats for 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:32.080 twenty twenty six. So a reminder, this doesn't include like 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.000 the ninety thousand murders that have happened over the last 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.080 eight days in Charlotte, So just keep that in mind. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.360 So here's Stella Patterson talking about the crime stats. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.560 Turning now to our midyear report, I am pleased to 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:49.240 announce that our crime statistics continue to show meaningful progress 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:53.800 despite intermittent pockets of crime. During the second quarter of 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.639 twenty twenty six, our overall crime is down sixteen percent, 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.120 which is commendable. Our violent crime I'm down eight percent, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:05.239 and our property crime seventeen percent compared to last year. 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.680 This time we experience reductions also on some specific areas 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:09.760 that I want to highlight. 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:10.639 They are. 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.160 In the second quarter, we saw reduction in robberies. They 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.120 were down twenty five twenty three percent, excuse me, twenty 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:20.360 three percent. Our aggravated assaults were down four percent, vehicle 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:24.760 thefts down thirty one percent, larcenies from auto down twenty 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:29.079 nine percent, and burglaries down thirty three percent. Now, these 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:35.680 reductions just didn't happen by chance. They really reflect coordinated, proactive. 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:36.720 Precision policing. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.400 These gentlemen and women that you see in the room, 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.880 they are called to task every single week asking what 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:46.520 are they doing about impacting crime in the community and 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.640 in their areas also too, it's because of the involvement 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.880 of the community being present, be invisible, helping us out 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.640 in every way that they can. Now, there is an 0:03:56.680 --> 0:04:00.240 area that we did experience an increase in the first 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.520 quarter and also in the second. 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.120 Quarter and that is in the number of murders in 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:05.800 our city. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.800 In the second quarter, there was a slight increase of 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.720 forty incidents compared to thirty nine. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.440 Last this time last year. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.240 While we are never happy to see increases, especially of homicides, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:24.480 our homicide unit continues and remains dedicated to every investigation 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.840 that they conduct. In fact, their clearance rate is seventy 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.240 five percent, which is well above the national average. Those 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.920 men and women work really hard to make sure that 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.040 we bring those who are responsible for these crimes to justice. 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.840 In the past couple of days, we've seen an uptick 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.680 in homicides and in murders, but I want the public 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:45.920 to know that we are putting every resource we can 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.400 to identify. 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.520 The suspects in those cases. 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.760 Now, I recognize very clearly that solving crime requires more 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.000 than just the police alone. Some investigations only move when 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.440 we get information from the public. I urged those who 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.279 might be listening or tuning in that if you see something, 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.440 or if you know about anything that might be occurring 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.480 crime wise, please call nine to one one and let 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:09.880 us know. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:11.960 The information you provide. 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.600 You may think is insignificant, but it can help us 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:15.440 solve a case. 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.440 Or even a crime from happening in the first place. 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.120 Certainly, you can call crime stoppers at seven oh four 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:24.440 through three four sixteen hundred, or if you own a 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:28.279 business and you have camera systems, you can consider registering 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.599 your camera at connect Charlotte. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:31.320 Dot dot org. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.720 I talk about this all the time Connect Charlotte dot org. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.640 This helps our detectives move quickly to find footage when 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:42.520 a crime happens nearby or in the area of a camera. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.440 Registration does not grant live access. 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:46.760 To your cameras. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.760 I always want to make sure people understand that when 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:52.200 you register your cameras, it doesn't give us access to 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:56.000 your cameras. I've registered my own camera as part of 0:05:56.200 --> 0:06:00.279 Charlotte Connect Charlotte dot org because if something happen in 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.240 my areas, I want our detectives to be. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:03.920 Able to pull that footage and use it. 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:09.120 I often say that public safety is a shared responsibility. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.800 When residents step forward and law enforcement agencies work together, 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:19.679 cases are solved faster, trust grows, and our city becomes safer. 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:24.520 A shared public safety responsibility also means being proactive before 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.039 a crime occurs, and that is exactly why our partners 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.720 are standing here with us and why them being with 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:31.880 us is so critical. 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:34.440 Youth safety is. 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.280 A topic that we are focusing on very heavily. It 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.600 is a topic of interest because we know that our 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:42.640 young people are out of school and I'm so happy 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:44.880 to see a lot of our reach youth right here 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.159 with us today as part of this press conference. But 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.080 we know that every June, when the school bell rings for. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.159 The last time, Charlotte's youth are. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.600 Handed two things that they probably desire the most. 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.320 That's freedom and that's time. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.600 And without the structure of the classroom, young people gain mobility. 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.200 They also gain exposure to situations that can pull them 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:07.880 off course. 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:09.200 We want to be. 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:15.040 Proactive in keeping them on track of not becoming victims 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:19.840 or victimizing others. Yesterday, members of my team and I 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.760 presented to the Public Safety Committee on team gatherings and takeovers, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:25.280 and we proposed. 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:26.720 A change to the youth curfew. 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.960 I firmly believe that a change in the curfew time 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.080 will help keep our youth safe and will add to 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.200 the successes that we have seen in working with our 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.000 youth population. I want to highlight two units that have 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.600 been very instrumental with being proactive and working with our youth. 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.120 One is our JADE Unit, our Juvenile Accountability and Diversion 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:50.600 Empowerment Unit, and also JPOST Juvenile Priority Offender Strategy Team. 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.280 Both of them are on the ground every single day, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:57.960 proactively talking, working with our youth and working with their parents. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.040 In fact, throughout the second quarter of twenty twenty six, 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:05.120 crimes with juveniles named as suspects were down fifteen percent 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:06.720 compared to last year. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:08.160 This progress is. 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.800 Arect result of a delicate balance between making sure we're 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.600 not over policing, but then also too that we are 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.680 holding individuals accountable for their actions. I hear people say 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:20.800 all the time that kids are just going to be kids. 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.640 They're only doing this because there's nothing else to do, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.440 they don't have safe spaces to go in various things 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.560 like that. To everyone that says that, I hear you, 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.480 and I agree with you as well. We know that 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:36.160 our youth deserve safe places to be and to thrive, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.760 and that is why we are working so diligently here 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.520 at CMPD and hand in hand with all our city 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:45.440 partners and our county partners to provide those safe spaces. 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.760 Just this past Friday, we assisted in Mecklenberg County Park 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.959 and Rec with their team Summer Jam event. It was 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.520 a wonderful event. I think some three hundred kids or 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:56.440 so were therefore that we did. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:57.319 Not have any issues. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.600 Those are the safe spaces that we are talking about 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.679 for our youth to be a part of. Yes, we 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.800 want kids to be kids, but kids, but we want 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:06.880 them to do it safely and we want them to 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:08.160 do it responsibly. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:09.400 All right. 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.920 So you heard one thing where I told you last 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.720 night and I told you three months ago, the same 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.480 thing that they did where they don't like to say 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:21.400 the percentages when things go up. They like to give 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:27.840 the numbers because three percent only one extra murder sounds 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.600 better than a three percent increase, just like they did 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:32.560 in the first stats. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.600 But everything else was percentages. We got a eight percent 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.640 decrease and a six percent but. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:42.800 Only we had one extra homicide, well a three percent increase. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:43.240 All right. 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.960 And you also heard her talk about the curfew and 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:51.280 stuff going on that. But when we come back, you're 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.120 going to hear some of the questions, and I will 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:58.079 tell you almost almost all the questions center around juvenile 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:01.880 violence and everything going on with juveniles having gone guns 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.840 just like they were going running amok last summer as well, 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:06.480 when all hell started breaking loose. 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.880 All right, welcome back to breaking with Brett Jensen. Okay, So, after. 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.520 The statements and everything going over the crime stats, CMPD 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.040 chief of Style Patterson talked about the or it took 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:29.760 some questions, I should say, and so here are here's 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.640 every single question. There weren't many questions, but here's every 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:38.040 single question. And almost all of them revolve or revolve 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.880 or evolve around and revolve or excuse me, let's try 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:44.840 this more time. Almost all of them revolve around juvenile crimes. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:49.120 Obviously, looking at the data, it says that juvenile homicide 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.800 victims and suspects have gone down, but we have seen 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:56.679 recently that trend still fourteen year olds and younger being involved. 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.160 What are you finding is escalating to these homicide or 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.280 the group causes behind some of these homicides. 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:08.440 So I think it's a combination of different things, arguments 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:13.640 that or information being exchanged on social media and one 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.680 person getting upset over it, and now it just escalates 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:17.600 into something more. 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:22.040 The more that our youth are idle and. 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.000 They don't have meaningful things to do, I think we 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.520 tend to see this. We have some of our counselors here, 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.720 some of our officers who work with our young people. 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.640 You know, they're trying to kindent mayors say, they're trying 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.880 to really diffuse that, trying to teach them how to 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.800 just have, you know, coping skills and de escalation skills. 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:41.040 I think that that works with them. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.440 To answer your question specifically, I think it's just a 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.360 number of different things, and a lot of it stems 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.880 from social media, what's posted and information that's being exchanged 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:50.520 back and forth. 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.040 I was wondering you could talk about the increase and 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:59.960 the gun related issues and it's up a fifty eight percent. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.720 I think you've got so you get why why that 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:03.840 is or was driving that? 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.360 A lot of the stistics are down or are gun 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.240 and repeat your question one more time to ask, so. 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:10.760 Could you talk to you a little bit about the 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.559 gun related issues specifically as it involves juveniles. I know 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:16.800 a lot of the other statistics are down that one 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.960 that was up, So what's driving that? 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:19.720 Sure? 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.040 And I think Chief Patterson touched on a little bit. 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.360 I think you know, certainly during during the summertime or 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.880 once we get out of school, that kids have freedom 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.360 and kids have time time without structure, which is where 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.560 we're trying to partner with Park and Rec the Beckhamer 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.720 County Sheriff's Office to to create spaces where children have 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:43.120 a positive outlet. I think that without kind of adult advocacy, 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.760 that that children are trying to literally fend for themselves. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.719 And so because. 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.840 Children are are not, uh, you know, fully formed intellectually, 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.040 that that they make partially formed decisions, and some of 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.319 those decisions have negative outcomes. And so whereas once upon 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.959 a time we may have seen that you know, escalated 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.760 into a street fight, the reality is now that kids 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.680 are looking for a more what they deem a more 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:10.360 impactful way to defend themselves or to assert their opinions 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.920 on things. And the reality is that sometimes that turns 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:16.240 to firearms. So that's where we really try and emphasize 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.679 that people who legally possess firearms, make sure those are 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.360 locked up, make sure that you keep them secure, make 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.320 sure that you certainly if you have children in your 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.000 home or children who regularly come to your home, keep 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.000 those firearms safe and secure so that they cannot fall 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.439 into the hands of a child who's going to make 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.160 a decision that they're not thinking. Forty years down the road. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.120 They're thinking four minutes down the road or four seconds 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:38.640 down the road. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.480 I do a follow up question. I just am reporting 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.240 on the Kirk few and nine that proposal. At the 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:46.839 end of my reporting, I said it may take a 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.520 couple of weeks city council has to go. Would you 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.079 consider trying to move that up or working with the 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.960 city council because kids will be back to school pretty. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.400 Yes, that is something that we have expressed that we 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.840 would like that to be moved asquickly as possible, but 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.160 we have to be on the timeline that's presented by counsel. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.920 So we're just waiting. But they understand the sense of 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:07.040 urgency that we have with that. 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.400 I know a lot of you guys have to switch program, 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.800 which I haven't heard any reason that based on it. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.080 But you know, there's two hundred and. 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.200 Eighty two shooting into dwelling incidents, and so we. 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:16.960 Can kind of talk about more efforts to kind of 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.480 crack down those those on those drive by. 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.000 Shootings and so forth, and if there's anything that you're. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.240 Seeing as far as trends, as far as what's driving 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:25.080 those and so work. 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.080 I think everything when we talk about gun violence against 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.160 kind of what the Deputy chief said is what we're 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:36.720 seeing in real time is access to firearms, disputes, people disagreeing, 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.600 and instead of trying to talk through things, the immediate 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.480 thing is just to go to a firearm. Unfortunately, that's 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.960 I think what we're seeing across our society in terms 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.200 of what we're doing. I tell you the probably one 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.760 of the hardest crimes to really work through figure out 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.960 is those shooting to occupy dwellings because they're so random. 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:57.120 When we have information on groups that might be feuding, we. 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:58.160 Can kind of isolate it. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.760 We can work with are looking at the firearms when 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:02.400 they're fired. 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:03.920 Those kinds of help us. 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:05.960 But at the end of the day, with those kind 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.040 of shootings, we really look to the community. If you 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.200 have ring cameras, we can capture information that way, if 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.080 you if anyone knows of anything that's going on. 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:16.240 Or you hear those shots. 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.560 The community's input really helps us with that because again, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.240 they're random. There are so many different places that we 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.600 can't be in all of those places, and so I 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.400 think that's kind of what drives it. It's just the 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.120 fact that people get into disputes and then they want 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:31.240 to solve it in that way. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.360 And just to clarify the number, let me say, SHO 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.240 hundred and a two incidents. So if there's one drive 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.760 by shooting that's five homes or hit, does that count 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:39.320 as one? 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:39.600 Is it? 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.520 Or that's five individual like? 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:42.080 How does that? 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:43.600 Uh? 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:43.880 Yes? 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.920 So oftentimes I will count as one incident with multiple 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:50.720 victims based on how many residents or people are occupying 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:51.960 the home at the time of an incident. 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.840 Okay, so two hundred and eighty two separate incidents of 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:56.880 drive by shootings. 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:02.240 Yeah, stuff CHPC for acid show overall climbing down, which 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.920 is a good thing. What is one thing you believe 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.840 that is working acceptually well? And how do you plan 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.720 on doubling down on that so over here in a 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.080 couple of months that gut's not switched up. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.800 Yes, I think there's a couple of things. First and foremost, 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.120 Like I talked about our Jade unit. This unit, it 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.640 consists of individuals who were handpicked, individuals who know how 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.160 to escalate, how to work with our youth, how to 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.800 connect with them, and the fact that them being out. 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.280 I think I mentioned that since we formed that unit, 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.680 we're starting to see the number of crimes go down, 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.520 and I think it's because of their persistence talking with 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.640 these young people, connecting them to resources, and talking with 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.280 the parents. I think we've seen huge successes there also too, 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:42.560 I think because we are. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.120 Getting out front talking about it a lot. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.520 You know, fourth of July, we had all our resources 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.360 out that we needed, we coordinated them well, we made 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.560 sure that our officers were in the right place at 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:56.240 the right time. I think that has also helped us tremendously. 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.880 It's a continuous thing. The city is a large city. 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.720 We have to make sure that we're using our resources 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.240 efficiently and that everybody is being held accountable from the police, 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:08.119 that the public's holding us accountable to make sure that 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.399 we are impacting crime and that we're doing everything to 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:10.959 reduce it. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.679 And then we're holding the community accountable as. 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.359 Well to share in information with us, and also holding 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.920 those offenders accountable when they commit crime. 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:21.840 So I think it's just a couple things. It's not 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.960 just one thing. I think it's multiple things that are 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:25.720 helping us along the way. 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.520 All right, So let's see what happens in three months 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.000 when we do this again in three months and we 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:32.679 see the crime stats for July August and September. 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:34.720 I have a sneaky feeling they're. 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.560 Going to be really, really high if the first couple 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:38.679 weeks is any indication of. 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:41.600 Going back to. 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.320 Breaking with Brett Jensen here on this Wednesday night. Okay, 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:49.119 So I've interviewed many congressmen over. 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:50.119 The last few years. 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:52.840 Here, quite a few Congressmen and a couple senators as well. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.040 One that I have not interviewed is Chuck Edwards, the 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.120 congressman out of western North Carolina and District eleven, which 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.960 is basically all of the mountains. So for the very 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.320 first time, he's joining us right now. So, first of all, Congressman, 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.880 thank you for joining us tonight. And second of all, 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.760 I saw the other day that Speaker Mike Johnson said 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:14.359 that he wants to have a very vigorous active you know, 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:19.200 late summer, early fall, going into November and December. And 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.240 so I'm just curious from that standpoint, what kind of 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:26.080 bills are voting or what to anticipate he met by vigorous, 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.280 and what do you expect going on between now and 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:29.040 the end of the year. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.280 Well, I wouldn't say it's only Speaker Johnson that wants 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:36.400 an aggressive wrap up to the one hundred and nineteenth Congress. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.600 I recognized that we still got much work to do 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:45.560 for the people of North Carolina, and the number one 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:50.600 thing that we're working on right now is funding the 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:55.920 next fiscal year. Our fiscal year ends on September thirtieth, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:59.959 and we've got to put a twenty twenty seven spending 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:00.840 plan together. 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.240 Speaking of a Congressman Chuck Edwards, who represents all of 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.480 western North Carolina, like all the mountains and right there 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:10.760 in District eleven. So you just mentioned, you know everything 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.919 talking about finances going forward, how do you think that 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:15.840 will go? Because North kel Indians are very all too 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.359 well informed about how budgets go between. You know, it 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:19.880 took a year and a half to get the one 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:23.560 just now passed in Raleigh, and we've heard about government 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:25.840 shutdowns in the past. So how do you think this 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:26.800 one will start going? 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.360 Well, I think it's going to go much better than 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.240 we've seen for the last several decades. An example is 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:39.160 just how we finished up twenty twenty six the Appropriations Committee, 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:42.400 which I sit on. As a matter of fact, I'm 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:48.640 the only appropriator from North Carolina in the House of Representatives. 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:53.600 We passed all twelve spending bills. These were pre conferenced 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:58.760 with the Senate, and we had a bipartisan effort to 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:04.320 fund our go per month right up to the last 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:08.520 minute when a number of Democrats, because of their resistance 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:12.879 of funding ICE, pulled their support for the Department of 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:17.520 Homeland Security. But we got twelve in excuse me, eleven 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:23.800 individual spending bills passed outside of the CR process, which 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:27.280